Nvidia RTX A6000 vs Nvidia RTX 2080

Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 2.6x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX A6000 buys 1.5x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Prices and stock checked 0 minutes ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU6.0x on the Nvidia RTX A6000
Memory bandwidth1.7x on the Nvidia RTX A6000
FP16 / BF16 dense3.8x on the Nvidia RTX A6000
GPU interconnect2.2x on the Nvidia RTX A6000
Board power1.4x on the Nvidia RTX 2080

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 RTX A6000 Nvidia RTX 2080
Cheapest listed $0.32 $0.12
Median across providers $0.57 $0.43
Most expensive listed $1.93 $0.74
Providers 7 2
Reporting stock 4 1
One month, 730 hours $234 $89

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX A6000 or the Nvidia RTX 2080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX A6000 starts at $0.32 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 2080 at $0.12. Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 2.6x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX A6000 buys 1.5x 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 RTX A6000: 4 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.32 at Lium. Nvidia RTX 2080: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.12 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX A6000: $234 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 2080: $89 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.