CoreWeave vs Lambda Labs
- GPUs
- 9 2
- Cheapest GPU
- $1.25/hr $1.29/hr
- Price wins
- 0/1 1/1
Lambda Labs is cheaper on the one GPU both rent. CoreWeave carries 7 more GPUs.
GPU cloud built for large AI workloads, with InfiniBand-connected clusters sold on demand and on reserved contracts.
Best for: Large training clusters on fast networking
GPU cloud for AI teams that rents on-demand instances and multi-node clusters, with reserved capacity for larger commitments.
Best for: On-demand and reserved AI training clusters
Price by GPU
The 1 GPU both rent. Cheapest live rate per GPU-hour, most powerful first. The cheaper side is in purple.
| GPU | CoreWeave | Lambda Labs | Gap |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB | $2.70/hr | $1.99/hr | 36% |
Prices last checked: CoreWeave 11 Nov 2026, Lambda Labs 11 Nov 2026.
Only on one side
Only on CoreWeave 8
Only on Lambda Labs 1
Company facts
| Fact | CoreWeave | Lambda Labs |
|---|---|---|
| Headquarters |  United States | United States |
| Type | GPU cloud | GPU cloud |
| Founded | 2017 | 2012 |
| GPUs priced | 9 | 2 |
| Fastest GPU | NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 GPU 186GB | NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB |
Compliance
Frameworks each provider states it holds, linked to its own statement. Not published means we found no statement, not that the provider fails it. Check the scope with the provider.
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Questions
- What is the difference between CoreWeave and Lambda Labs?
- CoreWeave: GPU cloud built for large AI workloads, with InfiniBand-connected clusters sold on demand and on reserved contracts. Lambda Labs: GPU cloud for AI teams that rents on-demand instances and multi-node clusters, with reserved capacity for larger commitments.
- Is CoreWeave cheaper than Lambda Labs?
- Lambda Labs is cheaper on the one GPU both rent. CoreWeave carries 7 more GPUs.
- How much does a NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB cost on CoreWeave and Lambda Labs?
- CoreWeave charges $2.70 per GPU-hour and Lambda Labs charges $1.99 per GPU-hour, the cheapest live rate on each.
- Which GPUs can I rent on both CoreWeave and Lambda Labs?
- 1 GPU, including NVIDIA A100 SXM4 80GB.
- How are these prices compared?
- Each figure is the cheapest live rate per GPU-hour for that GPU. We use on-demand pricing where a provider sells it and fall back to community or reserved terms, labelled, where that is all they sell. Spot capacity is left out because it can be reclaimed. Rates are refreshed by our daily ingest.
How we define a live price: methodology.
