Lambda B100 Pricing Options
All available B100 instance types on Lambda, sorted by lowest hourly rate.
| Region | Instance | Type | Price/hr | GPUs | vCPUs | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US | 1x B100 SXM (alias) | On-Demand | $3.9900/hr Cheapest | 1× GPU | 28 vCPU | 320 GB |
90-Day Price History — Lambda B100
On-demand cheapest daily rate over the last 90 days.
About Lambda B100 Cloud Pricing
Lambda (formerly Lambda Labs) provides GPU cloud and on-premise solutions specifically designed for deep learning. Their cloud instances come pre-configured with Lambda Stack — a curated ML software stack including PyTorch, TensorFlow, and CUDA drivers.
Why Choose Lambda for B100
- Pre-installed Lambda Stack with optimized ML frameworks
- Simple per-GPU pricing without complex instance configurations
- On-demand availability without long-term commitments
- On-premise GPU clusters available for purchase
Best suited for: ML researchers and small teams who want to start training immediately without spending hours on environment setup. Lambda's simplicity is its main advantage.
B100 Technical Overview
Lambda offers H100 SXM5 (SXM form factor) in multi-GPU configurations up to 8x H100 per node, making them one of the few providers offering NVLink-connected H100 clusters at this price tier. Their H100 instances run on bare-metal hardware with no hypervisor overhead, delivering 5-8% better real-world throughput versus virtualized alternatives. Lambda Stack, pre-installed on all H100 instances, includes optimized CUDA 12.x and cuDNN 9.x builds tuned for transformer training. For teams running training on Llama-family or Mistral variants, Lambda's H100 pricing undercuts comparable multi-GPU configs on CoreWeave by roughly 12-18%. Lambda does not currently offer H100 spot or reserved pricing -- all access is on-demand with no commitment required.
Pricing Analysis
Lambda's cheapest B100 option starts at $3.9900/hr, which is 2% below the market average of $4.0567/hr. Lambda currently offers on-demand pricing only for B100. This means no commitment required, but you won't access the deeper discounts available from reserved or spot pricing.
Available instance types
Lambda delivers B100 across 1 instance variant: 1x B100 SXM (alias). Each instance type varies in vCPU count, system memory, NVMe storage, and interconnect — the live rates in the pricing table below show the current per-GPU breakdown.
Note: Lambda's pricing is competitive for on-demand usage, though they don't offer the deep reserved/spot pricing tiers that hyperscalers provide.
Market context: B100 availability is very limited in early 2026. As supply increases, it should offer a more affordable entry point to Blackwell-generation hardware.
Top Alternatives to Lambda for B100
Side-by-side cost comparison vs the cheapest Lambda B100 rate ($3.9900/hr).
| Provider | Price/hr | Type | vs Lambda |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lambda Labs | $3.9900/hr | On-Demand | 0% cheaper vs Lambda |
| CoreWeave | $4.1900/hr | On-Demand | +5% more vs Lambda |
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