a16z: GPU rental prices rose across all five tracked models by October
Andreessen Horowitz data shows H200 rentals up about 2.6x from January, with even the six-year-old A100 above its starting price.
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) published data showing that rental prices for five major GPUs rose in October compared with the start of 2026, including the six-year-old A100, according to aitimes.com.
The analysis drew on the GPU price index compiled by data firm Ornn and covered the NVIDIA H200, B200, H100 and A100 as well as the RTX PRO 6000. Setting January 1 prices at 100, all five posted higher rental prices in October than at the start of the year.
The H200 recorded the largest increase at roughly 2.6x, followed by the B200, the RTX PRO 6000 and the H100. The A100, now in its sixth year since launch, also held a price above its level at the beginning of the year.
Measured against a straight-line depreciation baseline assuming a 6-year server useful life, all GPU prices stood 9% to 143% above that line. The older A100 and H100 spent more of the period below the baseline, but climbed above it after prices surged from April.
On the demand side, weekly token usage on AI model brokerage platform OpenRouter jumped more than 30-fold, from about 4.9 trillion at the end of October last year to about 167.7 trillion in early this month. Ornn's index is based on real-time spot transactions and may differ from published hyperscaler or GPU cloud list prices and long-term contract prices.
Quick answers
Which GPU had the biggest rental price increase?
The NVIDIA H200, at roughly 2.6x its January 1 level, followed by the B200, RTX PRO 6000 and H100.
What data is the a16z analysis based on?
The GPU price index from data firm Ornn, which tracks real-time spot transactions and may differ from hyperscaler list prices and long-term contract prices.