Sep. 17 at 6:39 PM
Silicon Data residual value show that
$NVDA GPUs are retaining their value well above those implied by typical straight-line depreciation schedules
NVIDIA B200 (orange): Residual value ~158% of assumed purchase price (~1 year after mass availability). Recent Silicon Data figures put the residual at roughly
$71K (against the chart’s
$45K assumed purchase price), and independent coverage explicitly cites the 158% figure. Demand + scarcity have driven residual values above original cost.
NVIDIA H100 (blue): Residual ~58% around the 4-year mark. Silicon Data’s recent residual estimate is ~
$20.3K (against the chart’s
$35K assumed purchase price), consistent with the plotted level after earlier fluctuations.
NVIDIA A100 (green): Residual ~25% at ~6+ years. Silicon Data puts it near
$5K (against the chart’s
$20K assumed purchase price); a six-year-old A100 is still generating meaningful rental income and has not gone to scrap.
Note: Depreciation is not following the aggressive short-life scrap curves some expected. Newer chips (B200) are still trading at premiums to original cost on a residual basis, and even 4–6-year-old cards retain meaningful value because they keep generating rental income. Rates remain elevated relative to the deep troughs of late 2025, though the market is more segmented than during the peak scarcity of 2023–24.
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