Contabo Product Documentation
Contabo Product Documentation

GPU VPS

Overview

GPU VPS is a Performance VPS instance with a physically dedicated NVIDIA GPU attached via PCIe passthrough: the guest OS has direct access to the whole device, one GPU per instance.

GPU VPS is offered in a single configuration, built on the Performance VPS 18 tier (Cloud VPS Plus 18) with an NVIDIA RTX 6000 PRO Blackwell Server Edition. Network, IP addressing and add-on behaviour follow Performance VPS unless stated otherwise on this page.

Plans

ModelGPUGPU MemoryvCPU CoresRAMNVMe StorageTraffic
GPU VPS1 × NVIDIA RTX 6000 PRO (Blackwell Server Edition)96 GB18 vCPUs (AMD EPYC)96 GB900 GB NVMeUnlimited*

* No default bandwidth cap; a fair usage policy applies. Contabo notifies customers by email if usage is exceptionally high or disruptive and reserves the right to throttle affected servers.

GPU Specifications

SpecificationNVIDIA RTX 6000 PRO Blackwell Server Edition
ArchitectureNVIDIA Blackwell
GPU memory96 GB
CUDA cores24,064
FP32 performance~120 TFLOPS
Precision supportIncludes FP4 (Blackwell), enabling lower-precision quantised models
Model capacityA 70B-parameter LLM at FP8 fits in GPU memory
ISV certificationCertified for professional 3D applications including Maya, Houdini and Cinema 4D
ToolkitCUDA; NVIDIA driver and CUDA toolkit preinstalled in the OS image

Key Features

FeatureDetails
Operating systemUbuntu 24.04 LTS CUDA image (NVIDIA driver and CUDA toolkit preinstalled) — Images
ProvisioningOrdering via the One-Click Configurator only; existing instances are managed in the Control Panel, API and CLI like other VPS
Add-ons (Control Panel)Storage Extension, Backup Space, Private Networking, Additional IPv4, Object Storage, Monitoring
IP addresses1 static IPv4 + /64 IPv6 subnet; maximum 1 additional IPv4 — IP Assignment
FirewallIncluded; network-level — Firewall
Private NetworkingAdd-on — Private Networking
DNS and reverse DNSManaged in the Control Panel — DNS Management
DDoS protectionAlways-on, network-level, automatic
Snapshots5 per instance, as Performance VPS
Rescue SystemLive system booted into RAM from the Control Panel
Root accessFull root access to the instance and the passed-through GPU
Storage ExtensionAdd-on; additional NVMe storage
ReinstallReinstalls the Ubuntu 24.04 LTS CUDA image; the IP address is unchanged

Management & DevOps

  • Customer Control Panel: start/stop/restart, reinstall, snapshots, VNC console, rescue system, firewall, private networking, add-ons, DNS and reverse DNS
  • Contabo API (api.contabo.com) and CLI (cntb): management of existing instances with the standard OAuth2 credentials
  • GPU access in the OS: nvidia-smi shows the passed-through device; container workloads can use the NVIDIA Container Toolkit with Docker
  • SSH keys: injected at deployment

Availability & Locations

Available in 2 locations: EU · US Central.

Limitations & Notes

  • Single fixed configuration: CPU, RAM, storage and GPU cannot be changed, and there is no upgrade or downgrade path.
  • One GPU per instance; multi-GPU configurations, GPU clustering and multi-node interconnects are not supported. The GPU cannot be sliced or shared (no vGPU).
  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS CUDA is the only operating system offered; Windows Server, other distributions and custom images are not available.
  • Provisioning is via the One-Click Configurator only; not available via the Contabo API or CLI.
  • The Auto Backup add-on is not available — use Backup Space or Object Storage. Plesk and cPanel are not available.
  • Region migration is not available. Live migration between hosts is not supported: if Contabo must move an instance (e.g. hardware maintenance), it is shut down for the duration and moved only to a host with an identical, unallocated GPU model.
  • Capacity is limited to two locations (EU, US Central); the One-Click Configurator shows current availability.
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