H100$6.39/hr 1.2% 7d
A100 80GB$2.45/hr 0.5% 7d
H200$10.29/hr 0.8% 7d
L40S$1.28/hr 0.3% 7d
T4$0.24/hr 0.6% 7d
L4$0.45/hr 1.1% 7d
H100$6.39/hr 1.2% 7d
A100 80GB$2.45/hr 0.5% 7d
H200$10.29/hr 0.8% 7d
L40S$1.28/hr 0.3% 7d
T4$0.24/hr 0.6% 7d
L4$0.45/hr 1.1% 7d
Weekly Pulse

GPU Market Pulse — Week of May 04, 2026

Signwl ResearchMay 6, 20262 min read

Blended GPU compute costs remained stable 0.4% this week across major cloud providers, led by INFERENTIA2's 15.4% gain.

Top Movers

GPUBlended Price7d Change30d ChangeClass
INFERENTIA2$0.10/hr▲ 15.4%▼ 4.3%Inference
ALVEO_U30$0.10/hr▲ 10.1%▲ 312.9%General
VIRTEX_VU9P$0.96/hr▲ 8.5%▲ 13.4%General
B300$10.31/hr▼ 8.2%General
GB300$12.32/hr▲ 7.2%▲ 7.4%Training
T4G$0.16/hr▼ 7.2%▼ 0.1%General
VIRTEX_VU47P$0.57/hr▼ 3.9%▼ 5.0%General

Blended pricing = average of spot, on-demand, and 1-year reserved rates across major cloud providers.

Training vs Inference

Training-class GPU pricing held steady this week (avg $4.31/hr, +0.1% 7d), while inference-class pricing rose (avg $0.52/hr, +1.5% 7d).

The training-to-inference price ratio stands at 8.4x — narrowing compared to last week. The elevated spread suggests strong demand for training compute relative to inference, consistent with ongoing large model training activity.

Regional Spotlight: Oceania

Oceania trades at a 22% premium to global averages this week, with 21 GPU types available across the region. The most expensive GPUs in the region are GB200 ($16.42/hr), H200 ($9.62/hr), H100 ($7.22/hr). The 22% regional premium reflects regional demand dynamics.

For detailed pricing data across all Oceania sub-regions, see the full regional profile.

Implications

For GPU investors: V100 currently offers the shortest payback period at 2.6 months (at 70% utilisation). Watch B200 where rising prices are shortening the window for buyers. Model your scenarios →

For cloud buyers: Asia Pacific continues to offer the lowest average GPU pricing ($2.19/hr blended average). For workloads with regional flexibility, the gap between Asia Pacific and Middle East is $1.90/hr — a 86% premium. Compare regional pricing →

For semiconductor analysts: GPU pricing trends remain broadly stable this week. H100 (-0.1% 7d) and MI300X (-0.1% 7d) are tracking within normal ranges. Blackwell (B200) blended pricing at $7.23/hr (+1.2% 7d) provides an early read on next-generation adoption curves. View all GPU profiles →

Source: Signwl blended pricing data as of 2026-05-08. All prices are GPU-only (excluding CPU, RAM, networking), blended across spot, on-demand, and 1-year reserved rates from major cloud providers.

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