# GPUBank vs Prime Intellect

> Prime Intellect is a US AI company whose GPU marketplace resells on-demand instances from other clouds, such as Lambda Cloud, Massed Compute, Nebius and RunPod, through one prepaid account. It listed no single-node H100 SXM at capture; its H100 PCIe offers read $2.35 and $3.29 per GPU-hour on two loads, against $1.35 for an H100 PCIe and $1.85 for an H100 SXM at GPUBank. Prime Intellect adds multi-node InfiniBand clusters and card payments; GPUBank publishes fixed all-in prices, bills by the second and keeps the disk of a stopped instance.

- Page: https://gpubank.io/compare/gpubank-vs-prime-intellect
- Prices last checked on 29 September 2026, on Prime Intellect's own pages (sources below). Page updated 2 November 2026.
- Prime Intellect: https://www.primeintellect.ai, headquartered in United States
- GPUBank: https://gpubank.io, GPU cloud billed per second at an all-in hourly price (vCPU, RAM, NVMe, one IPv4 and traffic included), prepaid balance topped up in crypto.

## Verdict

**Clusters and a wider catalogue at Prime Intellect. Fixed, lower prices and per-second billing at GPUBank.**

Prime Intellect suits teams that want one account across several GPU clouds, H100 clusters of up to 256 GPUs and its RL training stack. Its prices are set by each partner cloud and changed between two page loads during our capture. At that time, GPUBank cost 23 to 53 % less for the GPUs both of us rent, with vCPU, RAM, disk, IPv4 and traffic in the price. Both accept crypto: Prime Intellect through Crypto.com, with the coins not listed, and it also takes cards through Stripe.

Score over 24 points: GPUBank ahead on 11, even on 7, Prime Intellect ahead on 6.

## Key facts

| Criterion | Prime Intellect | GPUBank |
|---|---|---|
| H100 SXM, per GPU-hour | No H100 SXM; H100 PCIe $2.35 to $3.29 | $1.85, all-in |
| Cheapest GPU-hour | $0.54, RTX A6000 | $0.23, RTX 4090 |
| Billing granularity | Per minute, from prepaid credits | Per second |
| Stopped instance | Pause on RunPod offers only; data lost on termination | Disk only |
| Persistent storage | $0.00014 per GB-hour on RunPod offers | $0.03 per GB-month |
| Egress traffic | Not published | Included |
| Crypto payments | Yes, via Crypto.com; coins not listed | Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and 12+ more |
| Card payments | Yes, via Stripe | No |
| Minimum deposit | Not published | $25 |
| GPU models listed | 13 | 10 |
| Regions | Offers in 3 countries | 4 |
| Serverless GPUs | Serverless inference | No |
| Availability target | No formal SLA | 99.9 % monthly |
| Compliance reports | None published | None published |
| Support | Chat, Discord, email | Tickets from a $25 balance |
| Headquarters | United States | Tallinn, Estonia |

## Same GPUs, price per GPU-hour (USD, excl. VAT)

| GPU | Prime Intellect | GPUBank | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| H200 SXM | $5.33 (on demand) | $2.49 | -53 % |
| H100 PCIe | $2.35 (on demand) | $1.35 | -43 % |
| A100 SXM | $1.23 (on demand) | $0.95 | -23 % |
| L40S | $0.82 (on demand) | $0.55 | -33 % |

## When to pick Prime Intellect

- Multi-node H100 SXM clusters of up to 256 GPUs, 3.2 Tbps InfiniBand on Premium
- 13 GPU models across partner clouds, including A10, L40 and RTX 6000 Ada
- Card payments through Stripe, plus crypto through Crypto.com
- Serverless inference, code sandboxes and hosted RL training
- RTX A6000 offers from $0.54 per GPU-hour

## When to pick GPUBank

- H200 at $2.49 per GPU-hour, against $5.33 plus CPU and RAM
- Fixed published prices, not a live marketplace snapshot
- Per-second billing instead of per-minute credit deduction
- Stop an instance and keep its disk; Prime pauses only on RunPod offers
- A 99.9 % monthly SLA target; Prime Intellect states no formal SLA

## Questions

### Is GPUBank cheaper than Prime Intellect for an H100?

Yes, at the time of our capture. Prime Intellect listed no single-node H100 SXM. Its H100 PCIe offers read $2.35 from Massed Compute and $3.29 from Lambda Cloud on two loads of the same page. GPUBank charges a fixed $1.35 for an H100 PCIe and $1.85 for an H100 SXM.

### Does Prime Intellect accept crypto?

Yes. Its terms list payment through Stripe and Crypto.com, but the accepted coins and the minimum deposit are not published. GPUBank is paid from a USD balance topped up in Bitcoin, USDT, Ethereum and more than a dozen other coins, from $25, and takes no cards.

### What happens to my data when a Prime Intellect instance stops?

Terminated instances lose all data, and pause and resume exist only on RunPod offers. When credits run out, pods are deleted automatically. On GPUBank a stopped instance keeps its persistent disk, billed at $0.03 per GB-month.

### Which is better for multi-node training?

Prime Intellect. It spins up H100 SXM5 clusters of up to 256 GPUs on demand, with 3.2 Tbps InfiniBand on the Premium configuration and Slurm guides. Its docs quote about $52.80 per hour for Premium and $40.80 for Value, without the GPUs per node. GPUBank rents up to 8 GPUs per instance and sells no InfiniBand clusters.

### Why do Prime Intellect GPU prices change?

It is a marketplace: each partner cloud sets the hourly price of its offers, and the page says prices update in real time. Some offers add charges, for example the Nebius H200 adds $0.012 per CPU core-hour and $0.0032 per GB-hour of RAM. GPUBank prices are fixed and include vCPU, RAM, NVMe, IPv4 and traffic.

### Are these prices with or without VAT?

Without. Every price on this page excludes VAT and sales tax, for Prime Intellect and for GPUBank, so the two columns compare like for like. Tax is added at checkout according to where the buyer is based.

## Sources

- https://app.primeintellect.ai/dashboard/on-demand-gpus: GPU cards with cheapest live prices and availability
- https://app.primeintellect.ai/dashboard/on-demand-gpus/offers: Per-provider live offers, socket, location
- https://docs.primeintellect.ai/faq.md: Per-minute credit deduction, spot definition, no SLA, pause, multi-node cluster prices, refunds
- https://www.primeintellect.ai/terms-of-service: Payment via Stripe and Crypto.com, no refunds, Delaware law
- https://docs.primeintellect.ai/api-reference/check-gpu-availability.md: Availability/pricing API
- https://www.primeintellect.ai/security: Vulnerability disclosure, no certifications listed
- https://www.primeintellect.ai/: Products, investors, CLI
- https://www.primeintellect.ai/pricing: Confirms no marketing pricing page

Prices change: check both providers before buying. Prime Intellect is a trademark of its owner; GPUBank is not affiliated with Prime Intellect.