Nvidia A40 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 5000

Nvidia A40 wins twice: it rents for 2.8x less per hour and still buys 1.6x more FP16 compute per dollar.

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Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPUidentical
Memory bandwidth1.9x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000
FP16 / BF16 dense1.7x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000
Board poweridentical

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 A40 Nvidia RTX PRO 5000
Cheapest listed $0.12 $0.34
Median across providers $0.73 $0.67
Most expensive listed $1.86 $0.82
Providers 4 3
Reporting stock 2 2
One month, 730 hours $88 $245

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A40 or the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A40 starts at $0.12 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 at $0.34. Nvidia A40 wins twice: it rents for 2.8x less per hour and still buys 1.6x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia A40: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.35 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX PRO 5000: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.34 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A40: $88 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 5000: $245 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.