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NVIDIA Blackwell B200

by NVIDIA

The flagship Blackwell GPU that more than doubles Hopper's throughput.

Pros

  • ~2.3x H100 FP8 throughput and huge FP4 gains
  • 192 GB memory fits larger models per GPU
  • Industry-standard CUDA ecosystem and tooling

Cons

  • High cost (~$30k-$50k per GPU) and limited supply
  • 1,000W TDP typically requires advanced cooling
  • Locks deployments into NVLink/CUDA

✓ Where it shines / best for

  • Large-scale LLM training and fine-tuning
  • High-throughput generative AI inference
  • Enterprises building dedicated AI compute clusters

✕ Not the best fit for

  • Hobbyists or small teams without datacenter infrastructure
  • Edge or on-device deployment
  • Budget workloads where H100/H200 or cloud APIs suffice

Features

  • ✓ Blackwell GPU with 180-192GB HBM3e memory and ~8TB/s bandwidth per GPU
  • ✓ Up to 20 PFLOPS sparse FP4 AI compute per GPU
  • ✓ Dual-die design with 208 billion transistors on TSMC 4NP
  • ✓ Second-gen Transformer Engine with FP4/FP6 micro-tensor scaling
  • ✓ 5th-gen NVLink at 1.8TB/s GPU-to-GPU bandwidth
  • ✓ DGX B200 delivers 3x training and 15x inference vs DGX H100
  • ✓ Dedicated decompression engine and RAS reliability engine
  • ✓ Confidential computing and secure AI support

Pricing

PlanPriceBillingNotes
Single B200 GPU (street price)$30,000-$40,000one-timeEstimated per-GPU street price; sold via OEM systems, not direct retail
DGX B200 system (8x B200)$300,000-$500,000one-time8-GPU appliance, 1,440GB HBM3e total, 10U chassis; priced by NVIDIA partners/quote
Cloud rental (per B200 GPU)~$3.50-$8.00per hourOn-demand rate at neoclouds (CoreWeave, Lambda, Hyperstack); lower with reservations

Pricing verified from the official source. Prices change often — confirm on the vendor's site before buying.

Specifications

power~1,000W TDP
memory192 GB HBM3e, 8 TB/s
nvlink5th-gen, 1,800 GB/s per GPU
transistors208 billion
architectureBlackwell (TSMC 4NP), dual-die
fp4_performance9,000 TFLOPS dense
fp8_performance4,500 TFLOPS dense
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