CloudGPU vs Lambda
As of , CloudGPU lists the lower on-demand rate on 3 of the 3 GPUs both offer on-demand. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA A100 80GB: CloudGPU $1.49 vs Lambda $2.79 per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $1.30 (47%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  CloudGPU |  Lambda | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.99 · 63 providers · lowest CloudRift $1.05 | $1.49 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.79 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.30 (47%) | CloudGPU |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.98 · 22 providers · lowest CloudGPU $0.63 | $0.63 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.99 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.36 (68%) | CloudGPU |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 21 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.44 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.09 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.65 (60%) | CloudGPU |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of CloudGPU and Lambda, 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.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: CloudGPU $1.49 vs Lambda $2.79 per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $1.30 (47%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: CloudGPU $0.63 vs Lambda $1.99 per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $1.36 (68%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: CloudGPU $0.44 vs Lambda $1.09 per GPU-hour on-demand — CloudGPU is $0.65 (60%) 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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