Nvidia A16 vs Nvidia A5000

Nvidia A16 rents for 1.5x less per hour, but Nvidia A5000 buys 4.2x 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 GPU1.5x on the Nvidia A5000
Memory bandwidth3.8x on the Nvidia A5000
FP16 / BF16 dense6.2x on the Nvidia A5000

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 A16 Nvidia A5000
Cheapest listed $0.11 $0.16
Median across providers $0.31 $0.30
Most expensive listed $0.51 $1.42
Providers 2 4
Reporting stock 2 2
One month, 730 hours $79 $117

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A16 or the Nvidia A5000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A16 starts at $0.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia A5000 at $0.16. Nvidia A16 rents for 1.5x less per hour, but Nvidia A5000 buys 4.2x 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 A16: 2 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.11 at Vast.ai. Nvidia A5000: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.16 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A16: $79 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia A5000: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.