The A100 has 67% more memory and 2.5x the bandwidth. The RTX A6000 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
67% more on A100
- A100
- 80 GB
- RTX A6000
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.5x higher on A100
- A100
- 1,935 GB/s
- RTX A6000
- 768 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
5% cheaper on RTX A6000
- A100
- $0.37 /GPU/hr
- RTX A6000
- $0.35 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | RTX A6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.77 /GPU/hr from $0.37 | $0.56 /GPU/hr from $0.35 | 68% cheaper on RTX A6000 |
| Reserved | $1.43 /GPU/hr from $0.36 (3 mo) | $0.48 /GPU/hr from $0.26 (6 mo) | 66% cheaper on RTX A6000 |
| Spot | $0.96 /GPU/hr from $0.23 | $0.33 /GPU/hr from $0.13 | 66% cheaper on RTX A6000 |
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. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
A100 vs RTX A6000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | RTX A6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 48 GB GDDR6 | 67% more on A100 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 768 GB/s | 2.5x higher on A100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 384-bit | 13x wider on A100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 154.8 TFLOPS | 2x higher on A100 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | 309.7 TOPS | 2x higher on A100 |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 38.7 TFLOPS | 98% higher on RTX A6000 |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | A100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | NVLink 112 GB/s | 5.4x higher on A100 |
| Board power | 300 W | 300 W | Identical |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q4 2020 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
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 RTX A6000 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 | RTX A6000 |
|---|---|---|
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.37 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$1.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
$1.01 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Packet·ai
USA
|
$1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Spheron
Singapore
|
-- | $0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Oblivus
USA
|
-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand |
48 providers list the A100 and 21 the RTX A6000. Every listing is on the A100 page and the RTX A6000 page.
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Nvidia RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X · 48% less bandwidth than the A100
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Nvidia L40S
48 GB GDDR6 · PCIe only
From $0.55 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
48 GB GDDR6 · 25% more bandwidth than the RTX A6000
From $0.54 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX A6000 on Sept. 14, 2026.