Nvidia A5000 vs Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada

Nvidia A5000 rents for 1.7x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada buys 1.4x 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 GPU1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Memory bandwidth1.3x on the Nvidia A5000
FP16 / BF16 dense2.4x on the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Board power1.1x 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 A5000 Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Cheapest listed $0.16 $0.27
Median across providers $0.30 $0.34
Most expensive listed $1.42 $0.49
Providers 4 3
Reporting stock 2 2
One month, 730 hours $117 $197

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A5000 or the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A5000 starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada at $0.27. Nvidia A5000 rents for 1.7x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada buys 1.4x 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 5000 Ada: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.34 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A5000: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada: $197 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.