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B200 SXM vs A40

B200 SXM vs A40: specs and rental cost

Compare memory, node configurations, and fixed weekly and monthly cost before choosing between NVIDIA B200 SXM and NVIDIA A40.

Decision summary

B200 SXM provides 132 GB more VRAM per card. A40 costs $2,920 less per 30-day term . Choose based on whether memory headroom or lower fixed cost is the binding constraint.

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B200 SXM

frontier training · large-scale inference

$3,112/ 30 days
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NVIDIA

A40

rendering · inference

$192/ 30 days
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SpecificationB200 SXMA40
ArchitectureBlackwellAmpere
VRAM180 GB HBM3e48 GB GDDR6 ECC
Host resources / card30 vCPU · 240 GB RAM12 vCPU · 96 GB RAM
Local NVMe / card3.84 TB1 TB
7-day price / card$872$54
30-day price / card$3,112$192
4-GPU node / 30 days$11,452$707
Catalog quantity180 cards265 cards