Nvidia A5000 vs Nvidia RTX 4060

Nvidia RTX 4060 rents for 2.9x less per hour, but Nvidia A5000 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 GPU3.0x on the Nvidia A5000
Memory bandwidth2.8x on the Nvidia A5000
FP16 / BF16 dense3.7x on the Nvidia A5000
Board power2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 4060

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 A5000 Nvidia RTX 4060
Cheapest listed $0.16 $0.06
Median across providers $0.30 $0.06
Most expensive listed $1.42 $0.06
Providers 4 2
Reporting stock 2 1
One month, 730 hours $117 $41

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A5000 or the Nvidia RTX 4060 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A5000 starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4060 at $0.06. Nvidia RTX 4060 rents for 2.9x less per hour, but Nvidia A5000 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 A5000: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.16 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 4060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.06 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A5000: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4060: $41 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.