Daily GPU market read · Friday, October 16, 2026
A100 80GB rental-equivalent hours rose 17.5%.
Purchase prices across the market as a whole rose 3.02%.
Market purchase prices rose while rental rates rose from September 16 to October 16. Rental-equivalent hours—hours of renting that add up to the purchase price—moved farther for a used or refurbished A100 80GB at the market rental rate than for the market as a whole from September 16 to October 16.
- Purchase prices · 30 days
- +3.02%
- vs Sep 16 · 12 GPUs
- Rental rates · 30 days
- +2.21%
- vs Sep 16 · 12 GPUs
- Rental-equivalent hours · 30 days
- +0.79%
- vs Sep 16 · 12 GPUs
- Rental-equivalent hours change
- +17.5%
- Number of the day30-day comparison · A100 80GB
- Hours today
- +0.06%
- Little changed vs Oct 15 · 12 GPUs
Whole-market history
Market pulse index
Each line starts at 100 on Jan 1, 2026. Rental-equivalent hours are near the high for this period.
289 days shown, Jan 1, 2026–Oct 16, 2026; history so far is shorter than a year. 110 means a 10% increase since the first day. Each day compares the same GPUs; gaps mean too few GPUs had prices on both days. A day’s change within 0.25% counts as little changed.
GPU of the day
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A100 80GB · new · purchase price estimate
Estimated purchase price over time. Solid line: our standard estimate. Dashed line: approximate earlier history, less certain. Dotted lines show the estimated range.
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Market movement · week over week
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Rental rate
Rental-equivalent hours
Market map
Market map · week over week price changes
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Today’s prices
Compare current purchase and rental estimates. Percentage changes describe the displayed prices; the small charts show the last 30 days on one shared timeline. System prices are labeled and sorted by price per GPU.
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| Evidence | |||||||
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| B300 SXMNew · 288 GB · Blackwell Ultra8-GPU system · published price range | $400K–$500K | No purchase estimate | $7.62/hr | +0.6%7 days | — | Missing purchase or rental estimate | ⓘRental 10-16 · No purchase estimate
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| B200 SXMNew · 192 GB · Blackwell8-GPU system total | $431K | 0.0%7 days | $6.63/hr | +0.2%7 days | 8,111 hr | -0.2%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 10-16
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| H200 SXMNew · 141 GB · Hopper8-GPU system total | $325K | 0.0%7 days | $4.24/hr | -0.0%7 days | 9,576 hr | +0.0%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 10-16
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| H100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Hopper | $33K | +0.0%7 days | $3.92/hr | +0.0%7 days | 8,504 hr | -0.0%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-25 · Rental 10-16 |
| RTX PRO 6000 BlackwellUsed / refurbished · 96 GB · Blackwell | $19K | -0.3%7 days | $2.07/hr | +0.2%7 days | 9,260 hr | -0.5%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-16 · Rental 10-16 |
| A100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Ampere | $12K | +1.9%7 days | $2.78/hr | -0.1%7 days | 4,456 hr | +2.0%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-16 · Rental 10-16 |
| L40SUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $8,735 | +1.1%7 days | $1.88/hr | -0.0%7 days | 4,641 hr | +1.1%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-16 · Rental 10-16 |
| RTX 6000 AdaUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $8,391 | +1.2%7 days | $0.83/hr | +0.2%7 days | 10,143 hr | +1.0%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-16 · Rental 10-16 |
| DGX SparkNew · 128 GB · Blackwellcomplete system | $8,207 | +3.3%7 days | $0.75/hr | 0.0%7 days | 10,942 hr | +3.3%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-16 · Rental 10-16 · $0.75/hour rental rate, also used for DGX Spark rental-equivalent hours. Excluded from whole-market trends. |
| RTX 5090Used / refurbished · 32 GB · Blackwell | $7,128 | +1.8%7 days | $0.71/hr | +0.3%7 days | 10,007 hr | +1.6%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-16 · Rental 10-16 |
| RTX A6000Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $5,344 | +1.5%7 days | $0.55/hr | +0.0%7 days | 9,637 hr | +1.5%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-16 · Rental 10-16 |
| A40Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $4,455 | -1.4%7 days | $0.54/hr | +1.7%7 days | 8,202 hr | -3.1%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-16 · Rental 10-16 |
| RTX 4090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ada Lovelace | $3,236 | -0.1%7 days | $0.51/hr | +1.0%7 days | 6,354 hr | -1.1%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-15 · Rental 10-16 |
| RTX 3090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ampere | $1,656 | +0.5%7 days | $0.23/hr | +0.5%7 days | 7,065 hr | +0.0%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-16 · Rental 10-16 |
DGX Spark rental and rental-equivalent hours use the $0.75/hour managed rental rate.