Nvidia A100 vs Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada

Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada rents for 1.7x less per hour, but Nvidia A100 buys 1.7x 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 GPU4.0x on the Nvidia A100
Memory bandwidth5.4x on the Nvidia A100
FP16 / BF16 dense2.9x on the Nvidia A100
Board power2.3x on the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada

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 4000 Ada
Cheapest listed $0.27 $0.16
Median across providers $1.38 $0.19
Most expensive listed $3.11 $0.79
Providers 12 4
Reporting stock 9 2
One month, 730 hours $195 $117

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A100 or the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A100 starts at $0.27 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada at $0.16. Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada rents for 1.7x less per hour, but Nvidia A100 buys 1.7x 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 4000 Ada: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A100: $195 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.