Nvidia A5000 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 6000

Nvidia A5000 rents for 3.1x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 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 GPU4.0x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Memory bandwidth2.1x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
FP16 / BF16 dense4.5x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Board power2.6x 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 PRO 6000
Cheapest listed $0.16 $0.50
Median across providers $0.30 $1.35
Most expensive listed $1.42 $2.19
Providers 4 9
Reporting stock 2 4
One month, 730 hours $117 $365

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A5000 or the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A5000 starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 at $0.50. Nvidia A5000 rents for 3.1x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 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 PRO 6000: 4 of 9 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.50 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A5000: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 6000: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.