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NVIDIA DGX H200 vs ASUS ESC N8A-E12

A has 488 GB more GPU memory. B costs €24.00 an hour instead of €32.00.

ANVIDIA · H200
NVIDIA DGX H200
GPU memory
141 GB × 81,128 GB
System memory
2000GB (DDR5 ECC REG)
€32.00/server·hr
SpecsRent
Δ GPU memoryA+488 GBmore on this side
Δ RateB−€8.00less per server·hr
Δ System memoryB+4,144 GBmore on this side
BASUS · H100
ASUS ESC N8A-E12
GPU memory
80 GB × 8640 GB
System memory
6144GB (DDR5 ECC REG)
€24.00/server·hr
SpecsRent

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ANVIDIA DGX H200
8× H200 · NVIDIA
BASUS ESC N8A-E12
8× H100 · ASUS
Server
Model
ANVIDIA DGX H200
BASUS ESC N8A-E12
Brand(differs)
ANVIDIA
BASUS
GPU(differs)
A8 x NVIDIA H200
B8 x NVIDIA H100
GPU family(differs)
AH200
BH100
CPU(differs)
A2x Intel Xeon Platinum 8480C (56c/112t, 2GHz-3.8GHz, 350W)
BConfigurable on request
System memory(differs)
A2000GB (DDR5 ECC REG)
B6144GB (DDR5 ECC REG)
Local storage
AConfigurable on request
BConfigurable on request
Form factor(differs)
A8U
B7U
Model ID
Anvidia-dgx-h200
Basus-esc-n8a-e12
GPU
Architecture
ANVIDIA Hopper
BNVIDIA Hopper
Memory per GPU(differs)
A141 GB HBM3e
B80 GB HBM3
GPU memory per server(differs)
A1,128 GB
B640 GB
GPU interconnect
ANVLink, all-to-all
BNVLink, all-to-all
Rental
On-demand, full server(differs)
A€32.00/hr
B€24.00/hr
On-demand, per GPU(differs)
A€4.00/hr
B€3.00/hr
Reserved, 12 months(differs)
A€24.00/hr
B€16.00/hr
Billing
APer second
BPer second
Rates in EUR excluding VAT. Fields a builder leaves open are configured to order.

Cost and memory

Price the run before you start.

Both panels read the live price list. A and B mark where your two servers sit.

What a run costs.

Pick a plan, how many GPUs and how long. Totals use the same hourly rates as the price list.

Plan
GPUs
Run length
ANVIDIA DGX H200
€768
8× H200 · 24 hours
BASUS ESC N8A-E12
€576
8× H100 · 24 hours

B costs €192 less for this run (25% lower).

Same run on every family
  • B300€1,152
  • B200€960
  • H200A€768
  • H100B€576
On-demand rates · EUR excl. VAT
GPU memory per server
  • B3002,304 GB
  • B2001,440 GB
  • H200A1,128 GB
  • H100B640 GB
HBM on the GPUs, not system RAM

How much fits.

GPU memory decides which models load without sharding. Compare it per card, per server, or against what you pay.

Metric
Model weights that fit, per server
ServerFP16FP8
A8× H200564B1,128B
B8× H100320B640B

Parameters, in billions, whose weights fit in GPU memory at 2 bytes (FP16) or 1 byte (FP8). KV cache and activations need room on top.

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Customer nameRole, Company
Before and after · product facts
GPU memory per server
Bbefore640 GB
Aafter1,128 GB
24-hour run, on demand
Bbefore€576
Aafter€768

Sample layout: B is the server a team moved from, A the one it moved to.

Ready to pick

Rent the H200 or the H100. Switch any time.

Start on demand, keep the one that fits, and reserve it when the workload settles. Billing is per second, in euros.

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On-demand ratesEUR · excl. VAT
  • B300€6.00/GPU·hr
  • B200€5.00/GPU·hr
  • H200€4.00/GPU·hr
  • H100€3.00/GPU·hr
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