Beam vs Lyceum
As of , Beam lists the lower on-demand rate on 4 of the 4 GPUs both offer on-demand. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA B200: Beam $4.11 vs Lyceum $6.49 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $2.38 (37%) cheaper.
Cloud GPU rental prices of Beam and Lyceum, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU | Beam | Lyceum | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B200 | $4.11 from captured Deploy ↗ | $6.49 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.38 (37%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA H200 | $2.09 from captured Deploy ↗ | $4.29 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.20 (51%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $1.36 from captured Deploy ↗ | $1.59 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.23 (14%) | Beam |
| NVIDIA L40S | $0.76 from captured Deploy ↗ | $1.19 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.43 (36%) | Beam |
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA B200: Beam $4.11 vs Lyceum $6.49 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $2.38 (37%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H200: Beam $2.09 vs Lyceum $4.29 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $2.20 (51%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Beam $1.36 vs Lyceum $1.59 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.23 (14%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L40S: Beam $0.76 vs Lyceum $1.19 per GPU-hour on-demand — Beam is $0.43 (36%) cheaper.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
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