DGX Spark (GH200 480GB) vs H200 141GB SXM5 for Local LLMs
The H200 141GB SXM5 has about 860% more memory bandwidth (4,800 vs 500 GB/s). Batch-1 decode tracks bandwidth closely, so a model that fits both cards should decode roughly 860% faster on the H200 141GB SXM5. The DGX Spark (GH200 480GB) fits more of the catalog at Q4/8K — 66 vs 55 of 69 models (480 vs 141 GB VRAM). Largest model that fits the DGX Spark (GH200 480GB) but not the H200 141GB SXM5: DeepSeek-V4-Pro (861.6B). MSRP is $3,000 for the DGX Spark (GH200 480GB) vs $35,000 for the H200 141GB SXM5. MSRP is a launch list price, not live retail — Amazon prices move; click through for the current price. Not retail-shoppable: H200 141GB SXM5 (datacenter-class; cloud rental is the realistic way to use it). In the Q4/8K head-to-head below (67 shared models), the H200 141GB SXM5 posts the higher tok/s in 66 rows vs 1. Methodology.