EmpirioLabs vs RunPod
As of , RunPod lists the lower on-demand rate on 18 of the 20 GPUs both offer on-demand; EmpirioLabs wins on 2. Not counted: 3 more shared GPUs, on community capacity or a marketplace floor. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA B300: EmpirioLabs $12.80 vs RunPod $8.99 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $3.81 (30%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  EmpirioLabs |  RunPod | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA B300 median $8.99 · 26 providers · lowest Deep Infra $5.89 | $12.80 captured Deploy ↗ | $8.99 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $3.81 (30%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA B200 median $6.94 · 40 providers · lowest Hostinger $4.50 from | $12.10 captured Deploy ↗ | $7.99 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $4.11 (34%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA H200 median $4.56 · 56 providers · lowest Dataoorts $2.29 | $8.00 captured Deploy ↗ | $5.29 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $2.71 (34%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA H100 NVL median $4.20 · 8 providers · lowest GPU.ai $2.06 from | $5.60 captured Deploy ↗ | $3.19 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $2.41 (43%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA H200 NVL median $3.62 · 7 providers · lowest GPU.ai $3.29 from | $5.50 captured Deploy ↗ | $3.79 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $1.71 (31%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.20 · 42 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $4.00 captured Deploy ↗ | $2.49 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $1.51 (38%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA A100 40GB median $1.99 · 22 providers · lowest Trooper.AI $0.69 from | $1.99 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.00 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA L40S median $1.42 · 40 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.63 | $1.80 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.09 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.71 (39%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q median $1.86 · 2 providers · lowest EmpirioLabs $1.80 | $1.80 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.64 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA A100 80GB median $1.99 · 63 providers · lowest Yotta Labs $0.92 | $1.70 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.79 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.09 (5%) | EmpirioLabs |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell median $1.21 · 4 providers · lowest Meshive $0.80 | $1.60 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.96 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.64 (40%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA L40 median $0.97 · 11 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.78 from | $1.50 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.82 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.68 (45%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA A40 median $0.64 · 8 providers · lowest CloudGPU $0.39 | $1.49 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.90 (60%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada median $1.03 · 12 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.65 from | $1.40 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.99 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.41 (29%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell median $0.86 · 6 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.72 from | $1.40 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.72 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.68 (49%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.79 · 23 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.50 | $1.30 captured Deploy ↗ | $1.19 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.11 (8%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.48 · 17 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.35 | $0.90 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.89 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.01 (1%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA RTX A5000 median $0.58 · 10 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.27 from | $0.70 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.27 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.43 (61%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA RTX A6000 median $0.59 · 21 providers · lowest Thunder Compute $0.35 | $0.70 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.11 (16%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA L4 median $0.80 · 23 providers · lowest Hikube $0.28 GPU only | $0.69 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.10 (14%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 median $0.42 · 10 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.18 | $0.45 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.50 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.05 (10%) | EmpirioLabs |
| NVIDIA V100 median $0.83 · 13 providers · lowest Verda $0.24 | $0.35 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.23 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX A4000 median $0.25 · 11 providers · lowest Hyperstack $0.15 | $0.30 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.25 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.05 (17%) | RunPod |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of EmpirioLabs and RunPod, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA B300: EmpirioLabs $12.80 vs RunPod $8.99 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $3.81 (30%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA B200: EmpirioLabs $12.10 vs RunPod $7.99 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $4.11 (34%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H200: EmpirioLabs $8.00 vs RunPod $5.29 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $2.71 (34%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H100 NVL: EmpirioLabs $5.60 vs RunPod $3.19 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $2.41 (43%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA H200 NVL: EmpirioLabs $5.50 vs RunPod $3.79 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $1.71 (31%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: EmpirioLabs $4.00 vs RunPod $2.49 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $1.51 (38%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A100 40GB: EmpirioLabs $1.99 vs RunPod $1.00 (Community Cloud) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA L40S: EmpirioLabs $1.80 vs RunPod $1.09 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.71 (39%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Max-Q: EmpirioLabs $1.80 vs RunPod $1.64 (Community Cloud) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA A100 80GB: EmpirioLabs $1.70 vs RunPod $1.79 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — EmpirioLabs is $0.09 (5%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell: EmpirioLabs $1.60 vs RunPod $0.96 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.64 (40%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L40: EmpirioLabs $1.50 vs RunPod $0.82 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.68 (45%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA A40: EmpirioLabs $1.49 vs RunPod $0.59 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.90 (60%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada: EmpirioLabs $1.40 vs RunPod $0.99 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.41 (29%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX PRO 4500 Blackwell: EmpirioLabs $1.40 vs RunPod $0.72 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.68 (49%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: EmpirioLabs $1.30 vs RunPod $1.19 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.11 (8%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: EmpirioLabs $0.90 vs RunPod $0.89 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.01 (1%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A5000: EmpirioLabs $0.70 vs RunPod $0.27 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.43 (61%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX A6000: EmpirioLabs $0.70 vs RunPod $0.59 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.11 (16%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA L4: EmpirioLabs $0.69 vs RunPod $0.59 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.10 (14%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: EmpirioLabs $0.45 vs RunPod $0.50 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — EmpirioLabs is $0.05 (10%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA V100: EmpirioLabs $0.35 vs RunPod $0.23 (Community Cloud) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX A4000: EmpirioLabs $0.30 vs RunPod $0.25 (Secure Cloud) per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.05 (17%) cheaper.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
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