The A100 has 3.3x the memory and 2.1x the bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
3.3x more on A100
- A100
- 80 GB
- A30
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.1x higher on A100
- A100
- 1,935 GB/s
- A30
- 933 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
36% cheaper on A100
- A100
- $0.44 /GPU/hr
- A30
- $0.69 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | A30 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.76 /GPU/hr from $0.44 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.69 | |
| Reserved | $1.63 /GPU/hr from $0.49 (12 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.46 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | $1.08 /GPU/hr from $0.27 | 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 on-demand and reserved on the A30: 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
A100 vs A30 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | A30 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 24 GB HBM2 | 3.3x more on A100 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 933 GB/s | 2.1x higher on A100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 165 TFLOPS | 89% higher on A100 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | 330 TOPS | 89% higher on A100 |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 10.3 TFLOPS | 89% higher on A100 |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | 5.2 TFLOPS | 87% higher on A100 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A100 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 165 W | 82% higher on A100 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q2 2021 | 11 months newer on A30 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A100 datasheet and A30 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | A100 | A30 |
|---|---|---|
Massed Compute
USA
|
$1.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
$1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Packet·ai
USA
|
$1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Spheron
Singapore
|
$1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Leafcloud
Netherlands
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Exoscale
Switzerland
|
-- | $0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Leaseweb
Netherlands
|
-- | $0.46 /GPU/hr Reserved |
AceCloud
India
|
-- | $0.67 /GPU/hr Reserved |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand |
43 providers list the A100 and 7 the A30. Every listing is on the A100 page and the A30 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia A30 on Sept. 14, 2026.