A data center GPU against a workstation card on the Ampere architecture: both with 24 GB GDDR6, 28% more memory bandwidth on the A5000, and NVLink 112 GB/s on the A5000 where the A10 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 6 minutes ago- Memory
- 24 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 600 GB/s
- From
- $0.24 /GPU/hr
- 9 providers
- Memory
- 24 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 768 GB/s
- From
- $0.25 /GPU/hr
- 11 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | A10 | A5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.24 | $0.25 | Within 5% |
| Spot | $0.60 | $0.09 | 6.7x more expensive on A10 |
| Reserved | $0.71 | $0.25 | 2.9x more expensive on A10 |
| Median | $1.42 | $1.38 | Within 5% |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
A10 vs A5000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A10 | A5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 600 GB/s | 768 GB/s | 1.3x higher on A5000 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 125 TFLOPS | 111.1 TFLOPS | 1.1x higher on A10 |
| INT8 | 250 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 31.2 TFLOPS | 27.8 TFLOPS | 1.1x higher on A10 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 112 GB/s | NVLink on A5000 only |
| Board power | 150 W | 230 W | 1.5x higher on A5000 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q2 2021 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A10 datasheet and A5000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A10 /GPU/hr | A5000 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $1.42 | On-Demand $1.56 |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $1.42 | On-Demand $1.56 |
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.24 | -- |
Lambda Labs
|
On-Demand $1.29 | -- |
OVH
|
On-Demand $1.00 | -- |
Cerebrium
|
On-Demand $1.10 | -- |
Alibaba Cloud
|
On-Demand $1.27 | -- |
Oracle Cloud
|
On-Demand $2.00 | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.25 |
Exoscale
|
-- | On-Demand $1.14 |
Paperspace
|
-- | On-Demand $1.38 |
Database Mart
|
-- | Reserved (24mo) $0.25 |
Utho
|
-- | Reserved (36mo) $0.29 |
Cirrascale
|
-- | Reserved (12mo) $0.42 |
9 providers list the A10 and 11 the A5000. Every listing is on the A10 page and the A5000 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A10 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia A5000 on Sept. 7, 2026.