Nvidia A100 vs Nvidia RTX 2060

Nvidia RTX 2060 rents for 6.7x less per hour, but Nvidia A100 buys 1.8x 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 GPU13.3x on the Nvidia A100
Memory bandwidth5.8x on the Nvidia A100
FP16 / BF16 dense12.1x on the Nvidia A100
Board power1.9x on the Nvidia RTX 2060

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 A100 Nvidia RTX 2060
Cheapest listed $0.27 $0.04
Median across providers $1.38 $0.04
Most expensive listed $3.11 $0.05
Providers 12 2
Reporting stock 9 1
One month, 730 hours $195 $29

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A100 or the Nvidia RTX 2060 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A100 starts at $0.27 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 2060 at $0.04. Nvidia RTX 2060 rents for 6.7x less per hour, but Nvidia A100 buys 1.8x 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 A100: 9 of 12 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.27 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 2060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A100: $195 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 2060: $29 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.