Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada vs Nvidia V100

Nvidia V100 rents for 2.6x 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 GPU1.5x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Memory bandwidth1.1x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
FP16 / BF16 dense2.9x 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 V100
Cheapest listed $0.45 $0.17
Median across providers $0.74 $0.39
Most expensive listed $1.57 $2.34
Providers 7 5
Reporting stock 4 2
One month, 730 hours $329 $124

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada or the Nvidia V100 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada starts at $0.45 per GPU hour and the Nvidia V100 at $0.17. Nvidia V100 rents for 2.6x 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 V100: 2 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada: $329 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia V100: $124 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.