Two Nvidia data center GPUs, one Ampere and one Pascal: 24 GB GDDR6 against 24 GB GDDR5 and 73% more memory bandwidth on the A10.
At a glance
Memory
- A10
- 24 GB
- P40
- 24 GB
Identical
Memory bandwidth
- A10
- 600 GB/s
- P40
- 346 GB/s
1.7x higher on A10
Cheapest on-demand
- A10
- $1.00 /GPU/hr
- P40
- --
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A10 | P40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.42 /GPU/hr from $1.00 | No on-demand listings | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.71 (12 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.60 | No spot listings |
Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Medians are across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one. No median for reserved and spot on the A10: we only show one when at least 3 providers list the GPU on that billing type. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
A10 vs P40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A10 | P40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR5 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 600 GB/s | 346 GB/s | 1.7x higher on A10 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 125 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | 250 TOPS | 47 TOPS | 5.3x higher on A10 |
| FP32 | 31.2 TFLOPS | 12 TFLOPS | 2.6x higher on A10 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 150 W | 250 W | 1.7x higher on P40 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q3 2016 | 5 years newer on A10 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A10 datasheet and P40 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A10 /GPU/hr | P40 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Lambda Labs
|
On-Demand $1.29 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $1.42 | -- |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $1.42 | -- |
OVH
|
On-Demand $1.00 | -- |
Cerebrium
|
On-Demand $1.10 | -- |
Alibaba Cloud
|
On-Demand $1.27 | -- |
Oracle Cloud
|
On-Demand $2.00 | -- |
Azure
|
On-Demand $3.20 | -- |
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Our data for Nvidia A10 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia P40 on Sept. 7, 2026.