A100 80GB SXM4 vs H100 80GB SXM5 for Local LLMs

The H100 80GB SXM5 has about 64% more memory bandwidth (3,350 vs 2,039 GB/s). Batch-1 decode tracks bandwidth closely, so a model that fits both cards should decode roughly 64% faster on the H100 80GB SXM5. Both fit the same number of catalog models at Q4/8K (46 of 61; 80 vs 80 GB VRAM). MSRP is $15,000 for the A100 80GB SXM4 vs $30,000 for the H100 80GB SXM5. MSRP is a launch list price, not live retail — Amazon prices move; click through for the current price. Not retail-shoppable: A100 80GB SXM4, H100 80GB SXM5 (datacenter-class; cloud rental is the realistic way to use it). In the Q4/8K head-to-head below (54 shared models), the H100 80GB SXM5 posts the higher tok/s in 54 rows vs 0. Methodology.

Spec comparison

	A100 80GB SXM4	H100 80GB SXM5
Vendor	NVIDIA	NVIDIA
VRAM	80 GB	80 GB
Memory type	HBM2e	HBM3
Memory bandwidth	2,039 GB/s	3,350 GB/s
TDP	400 W	700 W
MSRP (list)	$15,000	$30,000
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MSRP is the launch list price, not live retail. Buy links are Amazon affiliate links — the price after you click is the live price.

Q4 / 8K head-to-head — top 15 of 54 shared models

Model	Params (B)	A100 80GB SXM4 tok/s	A100 80GB SXM4 fits	H100 80GB SXM5 tok/s	H100 80GB SXM5 fits	Winner
Qwen3-0.6B	0.8	1621.9 est.	Yes	2664.8 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
gemma-3-1b-it	1.0	1297.5 est.	Yes	2131.8 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct	1.2	1081.3 est.	Yes	1776.5 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
Qwen3-1.7B	2.0	648.8 est.	Yes	1065.9 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
Qwen3-30B-A3B	30.5	432.5 est.	Yes	710.6 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct	30.5	432.5 est.	Yes	710.6 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
GLM-4.7-Flash	31.2	432.5 est.	Yes	710.6 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507	30.5	432.5 est.	Yes	710.6 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct	81.3	432.5 est.	Yes	710.6 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
Qwen3-Coder-Next	79.7	432.5 est.	Yes	710.6 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct	3.2	405.5 est.	Yes	666.2 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
gpt-oss-20b	21.5	360.4 est.	Yes	592.2 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
Phi-4-mini-instruct	3.8	341.5 est.	Yes	561.0 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
Phi-4-mini-reasoning	3.8	341.5 est.	Yes	561.0 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5
gemma-3-4b-it	4.3	332.7 est.	Yes	546.6 est.	Yes	H100 80GB SXM5

est. = bandwidth-based estimate; measured = curated real benchmark that overrides the estimate. Fits = weights + KV(8K) + 1 GB overhead ≤ 95% of VRAM.

Fit coverage at Q4 / 8K

	A100 80GB SXM4	H100 80GB SXM5
Catalog models that fit	46 of 61	46 of 61
Largest exclusive fit	—	—

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