What is the difference between Lyceum and Prime Intellect?

Lyceum and Prime Intellect are both cloud GPU providers offering different pricing models, features, and GPU availability. Use our comparison tool to see real-time pricing and feature differences.

Which is cheaper: Lyceum or Prime Intellect?

Pricing varies by GPU model and usage requirements. Check our real-time comparison table to find the best deals for your specific needs.

Can I switch between Lyceum and Prime Intellect?

Yes, both providers offer flexible cloud GPU services. However, consider factors like data transfer costs, setup time, and specific features when switching between providers.

How many GPU models are available for comparison?

We track pricing for 6 different GPU models across both Lyceum and Prime Intellect, with 0 models available from both providers.

Lyceum vs Prime Intellect

Compare GPU and LLM inference API pricing between Lyceum and Prime Intellect. Find the best rates for AI training, inference, and ML workloads.

Lyceum

Provider 1

GPUs Available

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Prime Intellect

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Comparison Overview

Total GPU Models

Lyceum GPUs

Prime Intellect GPUs

Direct Comparisons

GPU Pricing Comparison

Total GPUs: 6Both available: 0Lyceum: 6Prime Intellect: 0

Showing 6 of 6 GPUs

Last updated: 10/24/2026, 9:53:37 AM

GPU Model ↑	Lyceum Price	Prime Intellect Price	Price Diff ↕	Sources
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum	$1.19/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum $1.19/hour Updated: 10/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Lyceum	$4.49/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Lyceum $4.49/hour Updated: 10/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum	$2.39/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum $2.39/hour Updated: 10/17/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Lyceum	$3.09/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Lyceum $3.09/hour Updated: 10/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lyceum	$5.59/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lyceum $5.59/hour Updated: 10/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lyceum	$1.99/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lyceum $1.99/hour Updated: 10/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum

A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum	$1.19/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
A100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum $1.19/hour Updated: 10/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Lyceum	$4.49/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
B200 180GB VRAM • Lyceum $4.49/hour Updated: 10/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum	$2.39/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
H100 SXM 80GB VRAM • Lyceum $2.39/hour Updated: 10/17/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Lyceum	$3.09/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
H200 141GB VRAM • Lyceum $3.09/hour Updated: 10/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lyceum	$5.59/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
HGX B300 288GB VRAM • Lyceum $5.59/hour Updated: 10/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lyceum	$1.99/hr★ Best	Not Available	—	Lyceum
L40S 48GB VRAM • Lyceum $1.99/hour Updated: 10/23/2026 ★Best Price Not Available Lyceum

LLM API Pricing Comparison

Total models: 110Both available: 9Lyceum: 12Prime Intellect: 107

Showing 15 of 110 models

Prices per 1M tokens · Last updated: 10/24/2026, 9:53:37 AM

Model ↑	Lyceum	Prime Intellect	Input Diff ↕
Claude Fable 5 Anthropic	Not available	$10.00 in $50.00 out	—
Claude Fable 5.1 Anthropic	Not available	$10.00 in $50.00 out	—
Claude Haiku 4.5 Anthropic	Not available	$1.00 in $5.00 out	—
Claude Opus 4.1 Anthropic	Not available	$15.00 in $75.00 out	—
Claude Opus 4.5 Anthropic	Not available	$5.00 in $25.00 out	—
Claude Opus 4.6 Anthropic	Not available	$5.00 in $25.00 out	—
Claude Opus 4.7 Anthropic	Not available	$5.00 in $25.00 out	—
Claude Opus 4.8 Anthropic	Not available	$5.00 in $25.00 out	—
Claude Opus 5 Anthropic	Not available	$5.00 in $25.00 out	—
Claude Opus 5.5 Anthropic	Not available	$4.00 in $20.00 out	—
Claude Sonnet 4.5 Anthropic	Not available	$3.00 in $15.00 out	—
Claude Sonnet 4.6 Anthropic	Not available	$3.00 in $15.00 out	—
Claude Sonnet 5 Anthropic	Not available	$2.00 in $10.00 out	—
Claude Sonnet 5.5 Anthropic	Not available	$2.00 in $10.00 out	—
DeepSeek V3.1 DeepSeek	Not available	$0.600 in $1.70 out	—

Features Comparison

Lyceum

Serverless Inference
API access to open-source models with pay-per-token pricing.
Dedicated Endpoints
Reserved GPU capacity for production models ensuring low latency and high availability.
Serverless Training
Run training jobs on GPUs without the need for infrastructure management.
GPU Virtual Machines
Full root access to customizable GPU instances ready in seconds.
Large-Scale Clusters
Support for configurations from 8 to 8,000 GPUs with InfiniBand connectivity.
OpenAI-Compatible API
Serverless models are served through an OpenAI-compatible endpoint, so existing OpenAI SDK code works by changing the base URL and API key.

Prime Intellect

Multi-provider GPU access
On-demand access to 1 to 256 GPUs sourced from many clouds, managed from one dashboard, CLI, and API
Reserved clusters
Large-cluster requests sent to 50+ data centers for parallel quotes, from H100 and H200 to B200, B300, and GB300 NVL72
Prime Intellect Inference
OpenAI-compatible API for hosted open-weight models and gateway access to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and other model families, billed per token
Hosted RL training
Lab runs reinforcement-learning post-training against environments from the Environments Hub, with LoRA adapters deployable for inference
Orchestration and networking
SLURM and Kubernetes orchestration, InfiniBand networking, and Grafana monitoring for clusters
Spot resale
Idle reserved nodes can be put on Prime Intellect's spot market

Pros & Cons

Lyceum

Advantages

Instant availability of GPUs with minimal provisioning time.
No capacity planning or vendor lock-in required.
Complies with EU data residency requirements.

Considerations

Dedicated endpoint and reserved capacity pricing is agreed per contract rather than published.
Spot GPUs can be reclaimed, and not every GPU type is offered as spot.
Data centres are in Europe only.

Prime Intellect

Advantages

One account for GPUs across many underlying providers
Per-token inference rates are published through a public models endpoint
Inference, training, and GPU rental on the same platform
Publishes open-source models, datasets, and RL tooling

Considerations

GPU rates are only available after sign-in through the availability API, so they are not tracked here
As an aggregator, hardware, networking, and support depend on the underlying provider
Gateway models are routed to other inference providers rather than served on Prime Intellect's own hardware

Compute Services

Lyceum

Prime Intellect

Pricing Options

Lyceum

Serverless inference

Billed per token for input, cached input and output, with no base fee

Prompt caching

Repeated prompt prefixes still in GPU memory are billed at the cached input rate where listed

On-demand GPUs

Billed per second with no subscription

Spot GPUs

About 45% less than on-demand; capacity can be reclaimed

Reserved GPUs, clusters and dedicated endpoints

Commitment pricing agreed per contract, including multi-year reserved blocks

Prime Intellect

On-demand GPUs

Hourly rates set per underlying provider, with community and spot tiers where available

Reserved clusters

Quoted per request from participating data centers

Per token

Inference billed per 1M input and output tokens, with cached-input rates on hosted models

Getting Started

Lyceum

Get Started

1
Sign Up
Create an account on the Lyceum platform.
2
Choose a Service
Select between inference, training, or virtual machine options.
3
Deploy a Model or Job
Use provided API or CLI instructions to submit your workload.
4
Monitor Usage
Utilize dashboard features to track resource usage and performance.
5
Seek Support if Needed
Contact the sales or support team for assistance.

Prime Intellect

Get Started

1
Create an account
Sign up at app.primeintellect.ai
2
Rent GPUs
Pick a GPU type, count, and provider from the availability list, then provision from the dashboard or the prime CLI
3
Call the inference API
Create an API key and point an OpenAI-compatible client at api.pinference.ai

Support & Global Availability

Lyceum

Global Regions

European data centres; serverless models run in Paris and Finland, while dedicated and VM locations are agreed per contract

Support

Email support for all customers; business customers also get a shared Slack channel and agreed response times.

Prime Intellect

Support

Documentation, plus direct assistance from the research and infrastructure engineering team and a dedicated solutions engineer for reserved-cluster customers