Compute Comparison
Compare Compute Market Instruments
A symmetric view of provider-documented compute derivatives and capacity forwards. Missing contract terms remain unknown.
8 instruments across 5 providers
No execution
| Instrument | Provider | Type | Lifecycle | Contract terms | Settlement or delivery | Observed | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GPU-hour Compute Futuresgpu-hour-compute-futures | futures program | announced | A planned suite of GPU-hour futures and options across monthly-to-yearly terms for NVIDIA H100, H200, B200, and B300 rental prices. The intended products remain subject to regulatory review. | Architect describes the futures as cash-settled against the AI Exchange daily index and marked to market daily. | Aug 28, 2026 | Official fact | |
| Silicon Data B200 Rental Index Futuressilicon-data-b200-rental-index-futures | futures | announced | Planned October 5, 2026 launch, pending regulatory review. Each contract represents one month of NVIDIA B200 rent and is subject to NYMEX rules. | References a Silicon Data index measuring hourly NVIDIA B200 rental costs. | Aug 28, 2026 | Official fact | |
| Silicon Data H100 Rental Index Futuressilicon-data-h100-rental-index-futures | futures | announced | Planned October 5, 2026 launch, pending regulatory review. Each contract represents one month of NVIDIA H100 rent and is subject to NYMEX rules. | References a Silicon Data index measuring hourly NVIDIA H100 rental costs. | Aug 28, 2026 | Official fact | |
| Bilateral GPU Capacity Forwardbilateral-gpu-capacity-forward | bilateral forward | listed | Request-for-quote commitment to buy or sell specified GPU capacity for a future date. GPU model, quantity, duration, start date, price, SLA, payment, and cancellation terms are negotiated directly; the marketplace says 32 or more GPUs and one month or longer are typically practical, but sets no hard minimum. | Physical delivery of reserved GPU capacity under a directly negotiated buyer-seller agreement. Compute Exchange facilitates matching and does not act as counterparty. | Aug 28, 2026 | Provider-reported | |
| Dated GPU-hour Futuresdated-gpu-hour-futures | dated future | announced | Planned dated futures on per-model GPU-hour prices. Inferra's published roadmap explicitly says this instrument is not built yet. | Not yet specified in the cited roadmap. | Aug 28, 2026 | Provider-reported | |
| GPU-hour Index Perpetualgpu-hour-index-perpetual | perpetual future | listed | Provider-reported devnet perpetual on a GPU-hour price index with up to 10x leverage. Inferra's roadmap says mainnet settlement contracts exist, but public mainnet supply is still in progress. | No-expiry index exposure on devnet, margined and settled in the protocol settlement asset; the roadmap states mainnet orders settle in USDC. | Aug 28, 2026 | Provider-reported | |
| NATIVX COIL Index Compute Futuresnativx-coil-index-compute-futures | futures program | announced | A planned U.S. dollar-denominated Compute futures program expected later in 2026, subject to regulatory processes. COIL includes training, inference, graphics, and connectivity sub-index families. | Cash-settled against NATIVX's energy-normalized COIL Index for tokenized compute and connectivity. | Aug 28, 2026 | Official fact | |
| Ornn OCPI Compute Futuresornn-ocpi-compute-futures | futures program | announced | A planned suite of U.S. dollar-denominated GPU Compute futures. ICE says contracts may reference OCPI series for H100, H200, B200, RTX 5090, and future GPU types; launch remains subject to regulatory approval. | Cash-settled against Ornn Compute Price Index series derived from printed GPU-compute transactions. | Aug 28, 2026 | Official fact |
No winner is assigned to the current compute fields: instrument type, lifecycle, contract terms, settlement, recency, and evidence class are categorical. Official exchange announcements are labeled separately from marketplace and protocol claims; “announced” is not “listed,” and “listed” is not evidence of trading volume or liquidity.
Questions
Compute Market Comparison FAQs
Which provider lists the most compute market instruments?+
CME Group has the most instruments in the current catalog with 2. This is catalog coverage, not evidence of liquidity or trading volume.
Which GPU compute markets are trading live?+
No instrument in the current catalog is marked trading live.
What is the difference between compute futures, forwards, and perpetuals?+
The instrument type and cited contract specification determine expiry, settlement, collateral, and delivery terms. Model Markets preserves those terms rather than treating every compute-linked market as interchangeable.
Which compute market is best?+
The current fields do not establish a best instrument. Contract structure, settlement, lifecycle, liquidity, counterparty risk, and the GPU capacity exposure you need all matter; no liquidity or execution winner is inferred.
Can I trade compute contracts through Model Markets?+
No. Model Markets is a sourced comparison catalog and does not execute trades or imply that an announced or listed instrument has active liquidity.
What do announced, listed, trading live, and settled mean?+
Announced means the venue has described a planned instrument; listed means a contract is cataloged; trading live requires an explicit venue statement of live trading; settled means the contract has completed settlement. These labels do not imply liquidity.
How do GPU compute contracts settle?+
8 tracked instruments have a sourced settlement methodology. Compare the exact benchmark, index, cash-settlement, or delivery terms in each instrument record.
Do compute market contracts expire?+
No sourced expiration is present in the current comparison snapshot.
Does Model Markets show compute-market prices or liquidity?+
Not currently. The catalog compares instrument identity, structure, lifecycle, expiration, settlement, and primary venue evidence; it does not infer a best market from an announcement or listing.
How current are the compute market records?+
The newest instrument observation is Aug 28, 2026. Each row links to its venue source so lifecycle claims can be checked directly.