Nvidia RTX A6000 vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada

Nvidia RTX A6000 rents for 1.4x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada buys 1.7x 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 GPUidentical
Memory bandwidth1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
FP16 / BF16 dense2.4x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
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 RTX A6000 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Cheapest listed $0.32 $0.45
Median across providers $0.57 $0.74
Most expensive listed $1.93 $1.57
Providers 7 7
Reporting stock 4 4
One month, 730 hours $234 $329

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX A6000 or the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX A6000 starts at $0.32 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada at $0.45. Nvidia RTX A6000 rents for 1.4x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada buys 1.7x 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 6000 Ada: 4 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.45 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 6000 Ada: $329 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.