CoreWeave vs Lambda
A comparison of CoreWeave and Lambda built from values read directly from each provider's own documentation, with the source recorded against every figure.
The short answer
- Pick CoreWeave if
- Training runs that want a whole HGX node and move large datasets — free egress and free I/O operations remove the charge that usually dominates a data-heavy job.
- Pick Lambda if
- Renting exactly the instance shape you need — Lambda publishes 1x, 2x, 4x and 8x plans for the same card, so a single H100 is a real product rather than a fraction of a node.
4 sourced criteria separate them:
- Egress over allowance
- CoreWeave: Free. CoreWeave charges nothing for egress or for I/O operations, and runs a zero-egress migration programme for moving data in.
- Lambda: Free. Lambda states transparent pricing with no egress fees.
- H100 SXM, per GPU-hour
- CoreWeave: $6.16 per GPU-hour for H100 SXM 80GB. CoreWeave sells the 8-GPU HGX H100 node at $49.24/hour on demand — the per-GPU figure is that divided by eight, ours rather than CoreWeave's, and you cannot rent one card.
- Lambda: $4.29 per GPU-hour for H100 SXM 80GB on a single-GPU instance, falling to $3.99 on an 8-GPU node. The PCIe variant is $3.29.
- Cheapest GPU, per hour
- CoreWeave: $1.25 per GPU-hour for L40, again as an 8-GPU node at $10.00/hour. A100 80GB nodes are $21.60/hour, or $2.70 per GPU.
- Lambda: $0.69 per GPU-hour for a Quadro RTX 6000 with 24GB; the V100 is $0.79 and the A6000 $1.09.
- Largest GPU offered
- CoreWeave: 288GB per GPU on B300-class hardware; the largest listed on-demand node is HGX B200 at 180GB per GPU, eight GPUs, $68.80/hour.
- Lambda: 180GB per GPU on B200 SXM6, from $6.69 per GPU-hour on an 8-GPU node to $6.99 on a single GPU.
Pick the criteria you care about. The chart counts how many of them lean toward each provider — the same read as scanning the bars below, just totalled for the ones you chose.
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At a glance.
| Criterion | CoreWeave | Lambda |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | ||
| Egress over allowance | Free. CoreWeave charges nothing for egress or for I/O operations, and runs a zero-egress migration programme for moving data in. | Free. Lambda states transparent pricing with no egress fees. |
| GPU | ||
| H100 SXM, per GPU-hour | $6.16 per GPU-hour for H100 SXM 80GB. CoreWeave sells the 8-GPU HGX H100 node at $49.24/hour on demand — the per-GPU figure is that divided by eight, ours rather than CoreWeave's, and you cannot rent one card. | $4.29 per GPU-hour for H100 SXM 80GB on a single-GPU instance, falling to $3.99 on an 8-GPU node. The PCIe variant is $3.29. |
| Cheapest GPU, per hour | $1.25 per GPU-hour for L40, again as an 8-GPU node at $10.00/hour. A100 80GB nodes are $21.60/hour, or $2.70 per GPU. | $0.69 per GPU-hour for a Quadro RTX 6000 with 24GB; the V100 is $0.79 and the A6000 $1.09. |
| Largest GPU offered | 288GB per GPU on B300-class hardware; the largest listed on-demand node is HGX B200 at 180GB per GPU, eight GPUs, $68.80/hour. | 180GB per GPU on B200 SXM6, from $6.69 per GPU-hour on an 8-GPU node to $6.99 on a single GPU. |
Where they differ.
Egress over allowance
- CoreWeave
- Free. CoreWeave charges nothing for egress or for I/O operations, and runs a zero-egress migration programme for moving data in.
- Lambda
- Free. Lambda states transparent pricing with no egress fees.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — CoreWeave ↗
“Egress and Input Output Operations per Second - Free [...] CoreWeave Zero Egress Migration ( 0 EM) Zero egress data migration to CoreWeave”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- GPU Cloud — Lambda ↗
“Transparent pricing with no egress fees. Launch GPU instance”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
H100 SXM, per GPU-hour
- CoreWeave
- $6.16 per GPU-hour for H100 SXM 80GB. CoreWeave sells the 8-GPU HGX H100 node at $49.24/hour on demand — the per-GPU figure is that divided by eight, ours rather than CoreWeave's, and you cannot rent one card.
- Lambda
- $4.29 per GPU-hour for H100 SXM 80GB on a single-GPU instance, falling to $3.99 on an 8-GPU node. The PCIe variant is $3.29.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — CoreWeave ↗
“NVIDIA HGX H100 8 80 128 2,048 61.44 $49.24 NVIDIA HGX H100 On-Demand”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- GPU Cloud — Lambda ↗
“NVIDIA H100 SXM 80 GB 26 225 GiB 2.75 TiB SSD $4.29 NVIDIA H100 PCIe 80 GB 26 225 GiB 1 TiB SSD $3.29 [...] 8x Plan [...] NVIDIA H100 SXM 80 GB 208 2900 GiB 22 TiB SSD $3.99”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Cheapest GPU, per hour
- CoreWeave
- $1.25 per GPU-hour for L40, again as an 8-GPU node at $10.00/hour. A100 80GB nodes are $21.60/hour, or $2.70 per GPU.
- Lambda
- $0.69 per GPU-hour for a Quadro RTX 6000 with 24GB; the V100 is $0.79 and the A6000 $1.09.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — CoreWeave ↗
“NVIDIA L40 8 48 128 1,024 7.68 $10.00 [...] NVIDIA A100 8 80 128 2,048 7.68 $21.60”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- GPU Cloud — Lambda ↗
“NVIDIA Quadro RTX 6000 24 GB 14 46 GiB 512 GiB SSD $0.69 [...] NVIDIA Tesla V100 16 GB 88 448 GiB 5.8 TiB SSD $0.79 [...] NVIDIA A6000 48 GB 14 100 GiB 512 GiB SSD $1.09”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
Largest GPU offered
288GB per GPU on B300-class hardware; the largest listed on-demand node is HGX B200 at 180GB per GPU, eight GPUs, $68.80/hour.
180GB per GPU on B200 SXM6, from $6.69 per GPU-hour on an 8-GPU node to $6.99 on a single GPU.
Sources (2) →Sources ↓
- Pricing — CoreWeave ↗
“NVIDIA HGX B200 8 180 128 2,048 61.44 $68.80”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
- GPU Cloud — Lambda ↗
“NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180 GB 208 2900 GiB 22 TiB SSD $6.69 [...] NVIDIA B200 SXM6 180 GB 26 360 GiB 2.75 TiB SSD $6.99”
Read 2026-09-06 · official pricing
When these numbers change, hear about it. Sources are re-checked monthly; a repricing goes out as a short note.
Which should you choose?
Choose CoreWeave if…
Training runs that want a whole HGX node and move large datasets — free egress and free I/O operations remove the charge that usually dominates a data-heavy job.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Choose Lambda if…
Renting exactly the instance shape you need — Lambda publishes 1x, 2x, 4x and 8x plans for the same card, so a single H100 is a real product rather than a fraction of a node.
Editorial · Palash Bagchi · approved
Consider something else if…
- CoreWeave: You cannot rent a single card: the H100 is sold as an eight-GPU node at $49.24 an hour, so a one-GPU experiment costs eight GPUs.
- Lambda: Its H100 SXM is the most expensive per GPU-hour in this set at $4.29 single-card, and there is no published reserved discount to bring it down.
Documented by only one.
These criteria are published by one provider and not the other. An absence here means we have not found a source, not that the feature is missing.
Questions this comparison answers.
Egress over allowance: CoreWeave or Lambda?
CoreWeave: Free. CoreWeave charges nothing for egress or for I/O operations, and runs a zero-egress migration programme for moving data in.
Lambda: Free. Lambda states transparent pricing with no egress fees.
Should I choose CoreWeave or Lambda?
Pick CoreWeave if Training runs that want a whole HGX node and move large datasets — free egress and free I/O operations remove the charge that usually dominates a data-heavy job.
Pick Lambda if Renting exactly the instance shape you need — Lambda publishes 1x, 2x, 4x and 8x plans for the same card, so a single H100 is a real product rather than a fraction of a node.