Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada vs Nvidia RTX PRO 5000

Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 rents for 1.3x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada buys 1.1x 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 bandwidth1.4x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000
FP16 / BF16 dense1.4x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
FP8 dense1.4x 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 6000 Ada Nvidia RTX PRO 5000
Cheapest listed $0.45 $0.34
Median across providers $0.74 $0.67
Most expensive listed $1.57 $0.82
Providers 7 3
Reporting stock 4 2
One month, 730 hours $329 $245

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada or the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada starts at $0.45 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 at $0.34. Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 rents for 1.3x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada buys 1.1x 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 6000 Ada: 4 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.45 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX PRO 5000: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.34 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada: $329 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 5000: $245 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.