The A10 has 3x the memory and 2.7x the bandwidth. The RTX 3050 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on A10
- A10
- 24 GB
- RTX 3050
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.7x higher on A10
- A10
- 600 GB/s
- RTX 3050
- 224 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
70% cheaper on RTX 3050
- A10
- $0.23 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3050
- $0.07 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A10 | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.42 /GPU/hr from $0.23 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.71 (12 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.59 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 |
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 and on-demand and spot on the RTX 3050: 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 RTX 3050 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A10 | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 3x more on A10 |
| Bandwidth | 600 GB/s | 224 GB/s | 2.7x higher on A10 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 128-bit | 3x wider on A10 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 125 TFLOPS | 18.2 TFLOPS | 6.9x higher on A10 |
| INT8 | 250 TOPS | 72.8 TOPS | 3.4x higher on A10 |
| FP32 | 31.2 TFLOPS | 9.1 TFLOPS | 3.4x higher on A10 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 150 W | 130 W | 15% higher on A10 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q1 2022 | 10 months newer on RTX 3050 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A10 datasheet and RTX 3050 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. No provider we track offers both right now.
| Provider | A10 | RTX 3050 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.23 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lambda Labs
USA
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runcrate
USA
|
$1.68 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
OVH
France
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Cerebrium
USA
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Alibaba Cloud
China
|
$1.27 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Oracle Cloud
USA
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.07 /GPU/hr On-demand |
9 providers list the A10 and 1 the RTX 3050. Every listing is on the A10 page and the RTX 3050 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia L40S
48 GB GDDR6 · 44% more bandwidth than the A10
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Nvidia L4
24 GB GDDR6 · 50% less bandwidth than the A10
From $0.32 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia T4
16 GB GDDR6 · 50% less bandwidth than the A10
From $0.10 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6 · 61% more bandwidth than the RTX 3050
From $0.05 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 · 21% more bandwidth than the RTX 3050
From $0.08 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A10 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3050 on Sept. 14, 2026.