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NVIDIA DGX H800 vs ASUS ESC N8A-E12

Both carry eight NVIDIA H100 GPUs at €24.00 an hour. They differ on system memory. CPU, local storage and form factor are listed on one side only.

ANVIDIA · H100
NVIDIA DGX H800
GPU memory
80 GB × 8640 GB
System memory
32 DIMMs · 32x 64GB DDR5 4800MHz
€24.00/server·hr
SpecsRent
Δ GPU memoryEqual640 GB each
Δ RateEqual€24.00/hr each
Δ System memoryB+4,096 GBmore on Bmore on this side
BASUS · H100
ASUS ESC N8A-E12
GPU memory
80 GB × 8640 GB
System memory
6144GB (DDR5 ECC REG)
€24.00/server·hr
SpecsRent
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Values exactly as each builder lists them. Lines that differ are marked; identical lines are dimmed.

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ANVIDIA DGX H800
8× H100 · NVIDIA
BASUS ESC N8A-E12
8× H100 · ASUS
Server
Model
NVIDIA DGX H800
ASUS ESC N8A-E12
Brand(differs)
NVIDIA
ASUS
GPU(differs)
NVIDIA DELTA-NEXT Vulcan SXM5 8xNVIDIA H100 640G
8 x NVIDIA H100
GPU family(same on both)
H100
H100
CPU(differs)
2x Intel Xeon Platinum 8480C (56C 105M Cache 2.00 GHz)
Configurable on request
System memory(differs)
32x 64GB DDR5 4800MHz
6144GB (DDR5 ECC REG)
Local storage(differs)
8x3.84T NVMe PCIe / 2x960Gb NVMe M.2
Configurable on request
Form factor(differs)
Configurable on request
7U
Model ID
nvidia-dgx-h800
asus-esc-n8a-e12
GPU
Architecture(same on both)
NVIDIA Hopper
NVIDIA Hopper
Memory per GPU(same on both)
80 GB HBM3
80 GB HBM3
GPU memory per server(same on both)
640 GB
640 GB
GPU interconnect(same on both)
NVLink, all-to-all
NVLink, all-to-all
Rental
On-demand, full server(same on both)
€24.00/hr
€24.00/hr
On-demand, per GPU(same on both)
€3.00/hr
€3.00/hr
Reserved, 12 months(same on both)
€16.00/hr
€16.00/hr
Billing(same on both)
Per second
Per second
Rates in EUR excluding VAT. Fields a builder leaves open are configured to order.

Cost and memory

Price the run before you start.

Both panels read the live price list. A and B mark where your two servers sit.

What a run costs.

Pick a plan, how many GPUs and how long. Totals use the same hourly rates as the price list.

Plan
GPUs
Run length
ANVIDIA DGX H800
€576
8× H100 · 24 hours
BASUS ESC N8A-E12
€576
8× H100 · 24 hours

Same GPU family, same rate: the choice comes down to the host spec.

Same run on every family
  • B300€1,152
  • B200€960
  • H200€768
  • H100AB€576
On-demand rates · EUR excl. VAT
GPU memory per server
  • B3002,304 GB
  • B2001,440 GB
  • H2001,128 GB
  • H100AB640 GB
HBM on the GPUs, not system RAM

How much fits.

GPU memory decides which models load without sharding. Compare it per card, per server, or against what you pay.

Metric
Model weights that fit, per server
ServerFP16FP8
A8× H100320B640B
B8× H100320B640B

Parameters, in billions, whose weights fit in GPU memory at 2 bytes (FP16) or 1 byte (FP8). KV cache and activations need room on top.

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Customer nameRole, Company
Before and after · product facts
GPU memory per server
Bbefore640 GB
Aafter640 GB
24-hour run, on demand
Bbefore€576
Aafter€576

Sample layout: B is the server a team moved from, A the one it moved to.

Ready to pick

Rent either one. Switch any time.

Start on demand, keep the one that fits, and reserve it when the workload settles. Billing is per second, in euros.

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On-demand ratesEUR · excl. VAT
  • B300€6.00/GPU·hr
  • B200€5.00/GPU·hr
  • H200€4.00/GPU·hr
  • H100€3.00/GPU·hr
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