Google Cloud — A3 High (H100) spot

Google Cloud A3 High spot is the spot price of the a3-highgpu-8g machine type with 8 NVIDIA H100 GPUs.

Price per GPU-hour
$6.6203
Provider
Google Cloud
GPU
H100
Form factor
8×H100 instance (A3 High)
Billing
Spot
Region
Iowa (us-central1)
Instance type
a3-highgpu-8g
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Google Cloud lists a current spot price of $52.962296548 per hour for the a3-highgpu-8g machine type (8 NVIDIA H100 GPUs) in Iowa (us-central1), or about $6.62 per GPU-hour. The spot figure is the one in the “Current Spot pricing (USD)” column. Spot VMs can be preempted, and Google adjusts spot prices over time.

The same table lists the on-demand price at $88.490000119 per hour and compute resource committed-use prices of $61.383674231 (1 year) and $38.864383195 (3 years) per hour.

Price basis
Machine type a3-highgpu-8g, 8 GPUs, us-central1, "Current Spot pricing (USD)" column $52.962296548/hour, divided by 8 (not the DWS Flex-start $38.32, DWS Calendar Mode $41.60, 1-year CUD $61.383674231 or 3-year CUD $38.864383195 columns); the same spot rate is listed on Google's Spot VM pricing page (cloud.google.com/spot-vms/pricing), where a3-highgpu-1g is $6.620287068/hour
Source
cloud.google.com

Questions

How much is an H100 spot GPU-hour on Google Cloud A3 High?
Google Cloud lists $52.962296548 per hour for the 8-GPU a3-highgpu-8g as spot in Iowa (us-central1), or about $6.62 per GPU-hour.
Can Google Cloud A3 High spot VMs be interrupted?
Yes. Spot VMs can be preempted, and Google adjusts spot prices over time.
How does A3 High spot compare with on-demand and committed use?
The same table lists $88.490000119 per hour on demand, and committed-use prices of $61.383674231 (1 year) and $38.864383195 (3 years) per hour.

Source

Every price is a list price from the provider’s own public pricing page, linked on each row with the date it was checked. How we pick and check sources: editorial standards.

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