GPU instances

Lambda vs Vultr Cloud GPU

Choose Lambda when the instance table is the contract: a posted hourly rate, billed by the minute. Choose Vultr Cloud GPU when the GPU should live in a Vultr region, as a VM, a bare-metal server, or a cluster.

Lambda

On-demand NVIDIA instances with a published hourly rate

From $0.69/hr

Strengths

  • Each instance type has a posted price per GPU-hour
  • On-demand instances bill in one-minute increments

Limits

  • The $0.69 plan is a Quadro RTX 6000, not a current datacenter GPU
  • An 8-GPU H100 SXM is $3.99 per GPU-hour

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Vultr Cloud GPU

NVIDIA and AMD GPUs as VMs, bare metal, or clusters

Hourly, by GPU

Strengths

  • You can deploy a single GPU VM or a self-service cluster
  • GPUs are available in many of the same cities as Vultr compute

Limits

  • The card you pick changes the hourly rate
  • Reserved servers and on-demand VMs are different products

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