# NVIDIA B300

7 Hacker News commenters recommended NVIDIA B300 and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend the B300 for price-performance and for running models far below API costs. One critic says a single card cannot run much on its own.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong performance per dollar (3 comments): "For that money I'd buy a single B300, similar total AI TOPS" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48557639)) "On every row the B300 beat the MI355X" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49141794)) "untouchable for price/performance" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49123005))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [NVIDIA H100](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-h100.md): 20 recommend
- [NVIDIA Tesla V100](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-tesla-v100.md): 16 recommend
- [AMD Instinct MI355X](https://hackerapproved.com/p/amd-instinct.md): 14 recommend
- [Nvidia A100](https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-a100-gpu.md): 10 recommend
- [Intel D270 GPU AI Accelerator](https://hackerapproved.com/p/intel-d270-gpu-ai-accelerator.md): 10 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "NVIDIA B300", https://hackerapproved.com/p/nvidia-b300/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).