Which is cheaper, Verda (DataCrunch) 1A100.40S.22V · 1x A100 SXM4 40GB or Lambda 8x NVIDIA A100 SXM?

Verda (DataCrunch) 1A100.40S.22V · 1x A100 SXM4 40GB, at $1.25/GPU-hr against $1.99/GPU-hr, both the on-demand rate for one GPU for one hour, read on 17 Sept 2026. On the whole machine that is $1.25/hr against $15.92/hr.

Which holds more GPU memory?

Lambda 8x NVIDIA A100 SXM, at 320 GB across the instance against 40 GB. Per board it is 40 GB against 40 GB.

What would a week cost?

$210 for Verda (DataCrunch) 1A100.40S.22V · 1x A100 SXM4 40GB and $2,675 for Lambda 8x NVIDIA A100 SXM, at 168 hours of the whole machine at its published rate, with no commitment discount. Where a spot rate is published the same week costs less and the machine can be taken back mid-run.

What does the hourly price leave out?

Verda (DataCrunch) 1A100.40S.22V · 1x A100 SXM4 40GB: disk none, billed separately, no regions published, billed per hour. Lambda 8x NVIDIA A100 SXM: disk 5.8 TB, no regions published, billed per minute. Egress and tax are extra on both.

Verda (DataCrunch) 1A100.40S.22V · 1x A100 SXM4 40GB vs Lambda 8x NVIDIA A100 SXM.

machine vs machine · prices as of 17 Sept 2026

The same A100 40GB SXM at two providers, so the board is identical and everything else is not. Verda (DataCrunch) 1A100.40S.22V · 1x A100 SXM4 40GB takes 3 of 4 rounds against Lambda 8x NVIDIA A100 SXM. It is also the cheaper of the two by the hour, at $1.25/GPU-hr against $1.99/GPU-hr.

Verda (DataCrunch)wins 3 rounds

1A100.40S.22V · 1x A100 SXM4 40GB

$1.25/GPU-hr

$1.25/hr for the machine · $210 a week · $0.625 spot

1x A100 40GB SXM · 40 GB each · $0.0313/GB-hr

Verda (DataCrunch) ↗

Lambda

8x NVIDIA A100 SXM

$1.99/GPU-hr

$15.92/hr for the machine · $2,675 a week

8x A100 40GB SXM · 40 GB each · $0.0498/GB-hr

Lambda ↗

Price per GPU-hour (lower wins)

$1.25/GPU-hr

$1.99/GPU-hr

Interruptible rate (lower wins)

$0.625/GPU-hr

not published

Price per GB of VRAM (lower wins)

$0.0313/GB-hr

$0.0498/GB-hr

VRAM per GPU

40 GB

GPUs per instance

1x A100 40GB SXM

8x A100 40GB SXM

vCPU

124

RAM

120 GB

1800 GB

Included storage

none · volumes extra

5.8 TB

Regions listed

regions not stated

What a run costs on each

An hour of the machine$1.25/hr vs $15.92/hr
A day$30 vs $382
A week$210 vs $2,675
A week on spot$105 vs not published

Verda (DataCrunch) then Lambda, at the published rate with no commitment discount

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Frequently asked

Which is cheaper, Verda (DataCrunch) 1A100.40S.22V · 1x A100 SXM4 40GB or Lambda 8x NVIDIA A100 SXM?: Verda (DataCrunch) 1A100.40S.22V · 1x A100 SXM4 40GB, at $1.25/GPU-hr against $1.99/GPU-hr, both the on-demand rate for one GPU for one hour, read on 17 Sept 2026. On the whole machine that is $1.25/hr against $15.92/hr.
Which holds more GPU memory?: Lambda 8x NVIDIA A100 SXM, at 320 GB across the instance against 40 GB. Per board it is 40 GB against 40 GB.
What would a week cost?: $210 for Verda (DataCrunch) 1A100.40S.22V · 1x A100 SXM4 40GB and $2,675 for Lambda 8x NVIDIA A100 SXM, at 168 hours of the whole machine at its published rate, with no commitment discount. Where a spot rate is published the same week costs less and the machine can be taken back mid-run.
What does the hourly price leave out?: Verda (DataCrunch) 1A100.40S.22V · 1x A100 SXM4 40GB: disk none, billed separately, no regions published, billed per hour. Lambda 8x NVIDIA A100 SXM: disk 5.8 TB, no regions published, billed per minute. Egress and tax are extra on both.

Every rate is the on-demand price for one GPU for one hour, read 17 Sept 2026 from each provider's own page, so a node of eight is compared at what one of its GPUs costs. Storage, egress and tax are extra unless a row says otherwise, and reserved or committed rates are not indexed. Bars are scaled to the larger value in each row.