Best HBM2e Cloud GPUs — May 2026
HBM2e (A100 generation) — the most cost-effective HBM available in cloud today.
A100 SXM (80GB) vs A100 SXM (40GB) vs A30 — top picks from this guide
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A100 SXM (80GB)
Ampere · 80 GB
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A100 SXM (40GB)
Ampere · 40 GB
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A30
Ampere · 24 GB
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| Specifications | |||
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere | Ampere |
| VRAM | 80 GB HBM2e | 40 GB HBM2e | 24 GB HBM2e |
| Memory Bandwidth | 2,039 GB/s | 1,555 GB/s | 933 GB/s |
| FP16 (Tensor) | 312 TFLOPS | 312 TFLOPS | 165 TFLOPS |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 19.5 TFLOPS | 10.3 TFLOPS |
| TDP | 400 W | 400 W | 165 W |
| Release Year | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Segment | Data center | Data center | Data center |
| Cloud Pricing | |||
| Cheapest On-Demand | $1.10/hr | $0.80/hr | $0.25/hr |
| Providers | 6 | 2 | 2 |
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