Runpod Serverless Flex pricing: why VRAM alone is the wrong comparison
Runpod's Flex tiers range from $0.58/hour 16GB classes to high-end B300 capacity. The useful decision is model fit, hardware class, and measured cost per job—not VRAM alone.
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Modal GPU — NVIDIA A100 40GB (serverless allocation)
Modal lists NVIDIA A100 40GB (40 GB VRAM) serverless GPU tasks at USD 0.000583 per GPU-second, equivalent to USD 2.0988 per GPU-hour for the GPU alone. CPU, memory, and egress may be billed separately; region selection and non-preemptible execution can increase rates.
CURRENT PRICE$2.10 / hrNative listed value
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GPU MODELNVIDIA A100 40GB
GPU COUNT1
VRAM40 GB
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