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NVIDIA H200 NVL

Graphics processor

Video memory
141 GB*
Memory bus
6,144 bit*
Rated memory bandwidth
4,890 GB/s*

Rendering performance

Median score · higher is better

Three-scene Blender rendering throughput. Versions, operating systems and rendering backends remain separate. This is not a gaming score.

Blender 4.5.0 / Linux / OPTIX
NVIDIA H200 NVL 5,760.19 samples/min 9 complete runs · Middle 50%: 5,718.10 - 5,761.55 · Latest: 2026-02-22

Community submissions; cooling, power limits and system configuration can affect results.

Benchmark results

  • LLM Inference: MLPerf: deepseek-r1 (fp4) · version unreported · score2,327.47* tokens/sPlatform unreported Compare results
  • LLM Inference: MLPerf: llama2-70b-99 (fp4) · version unreported · score7,436.40* tokens/sPlatform unreported Compare results
  • LLM Inference: MLPerf: llama2-70b-99.9 (fp4) · version unreported · score7,436.40* tokens/sPlatform unreported Compare results
  • LLM Inference: MLPerf: llama3.1-405b (fp4) · version unreported · score130.53* tokens/sPlatform unreported Compare results

Recorded results

Only the same benchmark, version, workload, scenario and unit share a row. Missing results are not zero. System results include the full submitted hardware and software configuration.

Blender Cycles / classroomOPTIX / Linux · 4.5.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA H200 NVL

1,389.81 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Linux
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteOPTIX / Linux · 4.5.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA H200 NVL

5,760.19 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Linux
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
5718.0986412692
75th percentile
5761.548913242
Blender Cycles / junkshopOPTIX / Linux · 4.5.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA H200 NVL

1,904.64 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Linux
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterOPTIX / Linux · 4.5.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA H200 NVL

2,459.54 samples/min

9 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Linux
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / classroomOPTIX / Linux · 4.3.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA H200 NVL

1,379.77 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Linux
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / Complete suiteOPTIX / Linux · 4.3.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA H200 NVL

5,552.04 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Linux
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
25th percentile
5549.3494006733
75th percentile
5564.5454690876
Blender Cycles / junkshopOPTIX / Linux · 4.3.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA H200 NVL

1,871.98 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Linux
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions
Blender Cycles / monsterOPTIX / Linux · 4.3.0 · samples/min

NVIDIA H200 NVL

2,298.08 samples/min

3 submissions · median result

Latest submission:
Rendering backend
OPTIX
Operating system
Linux
Statistic
Median
Evaluation type
community rendering submissions

Processing & platform

Architecture
Hopper
Manufacturing process
5 nm
Process node
5 nm
GPU cores
16,896*
Graphics interface
PCIe 5.0 x16*
Reported chip die area
814 mm²*
Transistors
80,000 million*
GPU L2 cache
60 MB*
Graphics processor
GH100*
Texture mapping units
528*
Raster output units
24*
Streaming multiprocessors
132*
Tensor cores
528*
Chip foundry
TSMC*
Card or module format
Dual-slot*
Declared GPU TDP
600 W*
Suggested system PSU
1,000 W*
External power connectors
8-pin EPS*
OpenCL
3.0*
CUDA compute capability
9.0*

Memory & storage

Memory options
141*
Video memory
141 GB*
Video memory type
HBM3e*
Memory bus
6,144 bit*
Rated memory bandwidth
4,890 GB/s*

Power specifications

Thermal design power
600 W*

System configuration

Detailed specifications

Specifications 1 · 24 fields
GPU architecture — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
Hopper*
Calculated theoretical peak: BF16 tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
835.5* TFLOPS
Scope and conditions
Calculation
1671 / 2*
Theoretical peak: BF16 tensor with sparsity per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
1,671* TFLOPS
Calculated theoretical peak: FP16 tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
835.5* TFLOPS
Scope and conditions
Calculation
1671 / 2*
Theoretical peak: FP16 tensor with sparsity per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
1,671* TFLOPS
Theoretical peak: FP32 non-tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
60* TFLOPS
Native hardware support: FP4 tensor — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
No*
Theoretical peak: FP64 non-tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
30* TFLOPS
Theoretical peak: FP64 tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
60* TFLOPS
Native hardware support: FP6 tensor — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
No*
Calculated theoretical peak: FP8 tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
1,670.5* TFLOPS
Scope and conditions
Calculation
3341 / 2*
Theoretical peak: FP8 tensor with sparsity per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
3,341* TFLOPS
Calculated theoretical peak: INT8 tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
1,670.5* TOPS
Scope and conditions
Calculation
3341 / 2*
Theoretical peak: INT8 tensor with sparsity per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
3,341* TOPS
Calculated theoretical peak: TF32 tensor dense per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
417.5* TFLOPS
Scope and conditions
Calculation
835 / 2*
Theoretical peak: TF32 tensor with sparsity per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
835* TFLOPS
Physical configuration — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
NVL (PCIe dual-slot, NVLink bridge)*
GPU interconnect bandwidth (NVLink bridge (2- or 4-way)) — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
900* GB/s
PCIe interface declaration — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
PCIe Gen5: 128GB/s*
Maximum board power — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
600* W
Peak memory bandwidth per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
4,800* GB/s
Memory capacity per GPU — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
141* GB
Memory technology — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
HBM3e*
GPU model — NVIDIA H200 NVL — 141 GB HBM3e
NVIDIA H200 NVL*
Specifications 2 · 7 fields
Form factor declaration
PCIe (dual-slot)*
Graphics model
H200 NVL*
Full graphics designation
NVIDIA H200 NVL*
Manufacturer
NVIDIA*
Memory capacity declaration
141* GB
Scope and conditions
native_context
Capacity unit base
Not independently established*
Memory technology
HBM3E*
Thermal design power declaration
600* W
Specifications 3 · 42 fields
proc transistors
80,000 million*
proc die size
814* mm²
cores
16,896*
tensor cores
528*
sm count
132*
base clock
1,365*
boost clock
1,785*
memory clock
1,593*
ram
141*
name
NVIDIA H200 NVL*
test name Graphics benchmark result
LLM Inference: MLPerf: llama3.1-405b (fp4)*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Per-row third-party test name*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
test name Graphics benchmark result
LLM Inference: MLPerf: llama2-70b-99.9 (fp4)*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Per-row third-party test name*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
test name Graphics benchmark result
LLM Inference: MLPerf: deepseek-r1 (fp4)*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Per-row third-party test name*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
test name Graphics benchmark result
LLM Inference: MLPerf: llama2-70b-99 (fp4)*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Per-row third-party test name*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
ram type
HBM3e*
bus width
6,144*
bus interface
PCIe 5.0 x16*
ram bandwidth
4.89 TB/s*
fp16 performance
241.3*
fp32 performance
60.32*
fp64 performance
30.16*
score Graphics benchmark result
2,327.472222222222*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Per-row third-party test name*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
score Graphics benchmark result
7,436.4*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Per-row third-party test name*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
score Graphics benchmark result
130.53*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Per-row third-party test name*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
score Graphics benchmark result
7,436.4*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Per-row third-party test name*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
tdp
600* W
suggested psu
1,000* W
slot width
Dual-slot*
power connectors
8-pin EPS*
api cuda
9*
is retail board
No*
gpi value
63.64*
unit Graphics benchmark result
tokens/s*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Per-row third-party test name*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
unit Graphics benchmark result
tokens/s*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Per-row third-party test name*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
unit Graphics benchmark result
tokens/s*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Per-row third-party test name*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
unit Graphics benchmark result
tokens/s*
Scope and conditions
benchmark_context
suite
Per-row third-party test name*
test_configuration_verified
No*
comparable
No*
vendor
nvd*
manufacturer
NVIDIA*
arch name
Hopper*
card release date
2024-11-18*
proc foundry
TSMC*
proc process size
5* nm
Specifications 4 · 35 fields
CUDA compute capability
9.0*
OpenCL
3.0*
Reported theoretical BF16 peak
965.1* TFLOPS
Scope and conditions
Arithmetic density
Not stated*
Graphics interface
PCIe 5.0 x16*
Memory bus
6,144* bit
Reported shader processors
16,896*
Reported theoretical FP16 peak
120.6* TFLOPS
Scope and conditions
Arithmetic density
Not stated*
Reported theoretical FP32 peak
60.32* TFLOPS
Scope and conditions
Arithmetic density
Not stated*
Reported theoretical FP64 peak
30.16* TFLOPS
Scope and conditions
Arithmetic density
Not stated*
Declared L1 cache configuration
256 KB (per SM)*
Declared GPU L2 cache
60 MB*
Reported display outputs
No outputs*
Theoretical pixel fill rate
42.84 GPixel/s*
External power connectors
8-pin EPS*
Reported chip die area
814 mm²*
Chip foundry
TSMC*
Process node declaration
5 nm*
Transistors
80.0 billion*
Graphics processor
GH100*
Reported video memory
141* GB
Rated memory bandwidth
4.89 TB/s*
Video memory type
HBM3e*
Raster output units
24*
Reported shading units
16,896*
Card or module format
Dual-slot*
Streaming multiprocessors
132*
Suggested system PSU
1000 W*
Declared GPU TDP
600 W*
Tensor cores
528*
Theoretical texture fill rate
942.5 GTexel/s*
Reported theoretical TF32 peak
482.5* TFLOPS
Scope and conditions
Arithmetic density
Not stated*
Texture mapping units
528*
GPU cores
16,896*
Video memory
141* GB
Video memory type
HBM3e*
Specifications 5 · 1 fields
Nominal GPU Memory
141* GB · HBM3e*
Scope and conditions
native_context
Memory scope
Nominal per-GPU memory; not the total CPU + GPU module memory or runtime-available capacity*
memory role
nominal_release_inventory*
not dedicated VRAM for shared memory systems
Yes*
not runtime available or HGX usable capacity
Yes*

* Provisional data