Qwen 3.5 397B-A17B — GB200 NVL72 vs H200 Performance per Dollar
Cost per million tokens of GB200 NVL72 (NVIDIA Blackwell) versus H200 (NVIDIA Hopper) on Qwen 3.5 397B-A17B. Owning-hyperscaler TCO normalized by output tokens — performance per dollar across LLM workloads. Pick the more cost-efficient SKU at every target interactivity level. Use the chart controls below to switch sequences, precisions, and metrics — same interactions as the main inference chart.
Push Qwen 3.5 397B-A17B to 64 tok/s/user and GB200 NVL72 lands at $0.51 per million tokens against H200's $0.77 — GB200 NVL72 pulls ahead by 52%.
GB200 NVL72: $1.30 per million tokens. H200: $1.07. Both at 101 tok/s/user on Qwen 3.5 397B-A17B, with H200 21% cheaper.
Toward the upper edge of the 28–173 tok/s/user interactivity band — at 137 tok/s/user — GB200 NVL72 runs $2.98 per million tokens on Qwen 3.5 397B-A17B while H200 runs $1.29. H200 is the cheaper choice by 131%. (Numbers reflect the default 1k/1k · fp8 selection for this URL — table and chart below update if you change sequence, precision, or model in the controls.)
GPU pricing (owning hyperscaler): GB200 NVL72 $2.21/GPU/hr · H200 $1.41/GPU/hr. Source: SemiAnalysis Market August 2025 Pricing Surveys & AI Cloud TCO Model.
| Metric | Interactivity (tok/s/user) | Interactivity (tok/s/user) | Interactivity (tok/s/user) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar per Million Tokens | GB200 NVL72:$0.506H200:$0.767 | GB200 NVL72:$1.297H200:$1.072 | GB200 NVL72:$2.983H200:$1.292 |
| Concurrency | GB200 NVL72:~113H200:~32 | GB200 NVL72:~20H200:~15 | GB200 NVL72:~7H200:~9 |
Inference Performance
Inference performance metrics across different models, hardware configurations, and serving parameters.