Articles & guides.
Comparison guides, leaderboards, and how-tos for renting cloud GPUs. Each article uses live pricing data from the RentGPU catalog.
Comparison
GPU marketplaces vs managed clouds: Vast.ai, io.net, Clore vs Lambda
Why marketplace GPUs from Vast.ai, io.net and Clore undercut Lambda and RunPod, what you trade in reliability and security, and how to vet a host.
RTX 5090 vs RTX 4090 for running LLMs
32 GB GDDR7 vs 24 GB GDDR6X: what fits on each card, how bandwidth sets token speed, cost per token at live prices, and when a 3090 is still the pick.
H100 vs H200 vs B200 for LLM inference
Memory, bandwidth and cost per token for the H100, H200 and B200: when extra HBM avoids sharding, and which card to rent for your model size.
Cheapest way to run a 70B model: API, rented GPU, or your own
Hosted API, rented GPU or owned hardware for a 70B LLM? Cost math for occasional, internal-tool and production workloads, with live prices and breakeven.
RTX 4090 vs H100: Cost per FLOP for AI training
Live rental prices and spec-sheet tensor throughput give the real cost per petaflop-hour on each card — and why memory and interconnect change the answer.
Price index
GPU Rental Price Index: September 2026
What renting an H100, H200, A100, L40S or RTX 4090 actually cost in September 2026: market and cheapest hourly prices from 292,295 listings, and what moved.
GPU Rental Price Index: August 2026
What renting an H100, H200, A100, L40S or RTX 4090 actually cost in August 2026: market and cheapest hourly prices from 288,657 listings, and what moved.