Week 30: Jul 20, 2026 - Jul 24, 2026
The market asks whether the hourly rental price of NVIDIA H200 compute will exceed $2.50 on July 24, 2026, at 4 PM ET.
The outcome depends on pricing data from cloud providers supplying H200 GPUs, including hyperscalers (AWS, Azure) and specialist clouds (Hyperbolic, Vast.ai, RunPod).
Current on-demand H200 prices range from a floor of ~$1.32/hr (Vast.ai spot) to ~$10.60/hr (Azure), with a market median around $3.82/hr.
thundercompute.comgpus.iogpusmith.comIf prices stay above $2.50/hr, the market resolves to "Above $2.50"; if they drop below (as specialist clouds are already doing), the outcome fails.
Note: The resolution uses a specific verified data point from "Ornn" at 4 PM ET on July 24; if Ornn aggregates across all providers or uses a weighted median, the $2.40 specialist price may not alone determine the outcome, but the trend toward softening rates is a key risk factor.
Hyperbolic offers the lowest public on-demand NVIDIA H200 price at $2.40/GPU-hr, falling just below the $2.50 market resolution threshold.
thundercompute.comSpecialist cloud providers like Hyperbolic, RunPod, and Vast.ai now cluster H200 pricing in the $2–5 range, narrowing the gap with cheaper alternatives.
thundercompute.comWith Blackwell supply continuing to grow, H200 rates are projected to keep softening through the rest of 2026, pushing floor prices lower.
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The market median for H200 cloud rental remains around $3.82/GPU-hour, well above the $2.50 threshold.
gpus.iogpusmith.comMajor hyperscalers like AWS ($7.91/hr) and Azure ($10.60/hr) price H200 significantly higher than $2.50, anchoring the upper end of the market.
thundercompute.comjarvislabs.aiH200 on-demand pricing has increased by about 4% since June 2025, rising from $3.82 to $3.96/hr per GPU, suggesting short-term price stability above $2.50.
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Hyperbolic, a specialist cloud provider, already lists H200 at $2.40/GPU-hr as of July 2026, which is below the $2.50 resolution level.
thundercompute.comThe cheapest confirmed H200 spot instance is $1.32/hr on Vast.ai, and floor prices are near their 6-month low of $3.12/hr, indicating strong downward pressure.
gpufinder.devAnalysts expect H200 rates to "keep softening through the rest of 2026" due to growing Blackwell supply, making it likely prices will dip below $2.50 by July 24.
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