Thunder Compute vs Vast.ai
As of , Thunder Compute and Vast.ai share 3 GPUs today, but on none do both list an on-demand rate: at least one side is community capacity or a marketplace floor, compared below and not counted. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA H100 SXM: Thunder Compute $3.20 vs Vast.ai $1.99 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
Cloud GPU rental prices of Thunder Compute and Vast.ai, 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 | Thunder Compute | Vast.ai | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA H100 SXM | $3.20 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.99 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | $1.09 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.00 floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 | $0.35 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.40 Multi-GPU machines · floor captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA H100 SXM: Thunder Compute $3.20 vs Vast.ai $1.99 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: Thunder Compute $1.09 vs Vast.ai $1.00 (floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: Thunder Compute $0.35 vs Vast.ai $0.40 (Multi-GPU machines · floor) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
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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