Nvidia A10 vs Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti

Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti rents for 1.3x less per hour, but Nvidia A10 buys 1.3x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

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Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPUidentical
Memory bandwidth1.7x on the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
FP16 / BF16 dense1.6x on the Nvidia A10
Board power3.0x on the Nvidia A10

Figures are the vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia A10 Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
Cheapest listed $0.20 $0.16
Median across providers $0.24 $0.22
Most expensive listed $1.29 $0.27
Providers 3 2
Reporting stock 1 1
One month, 730 hours $146 $117

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A10 or the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A10 starts at $0.20 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti at $0.16. Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti rents for 1.3x less per hour, but Nvidia A10 buys 1.3x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia A10: 1 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.24 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.27 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A10: $146 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.