The A100 is newer, with 10x the memory and 7.6x the bandwidth. The GTX 1070 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
10x more on A100
- A100
- 80 GB
- GTX 1070
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
7.6x higher on A100
- A100
- 1,935 GB/s
- GTX 1070
- 256 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
90% cheaper on GTX 1070
- A100
- $0.40 /GPU/hr
- GTX 1070
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | GTX 1070 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.81 /GPU/hr from $0.40 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 | |
| Reserved | $1.60 /GPU/hr from $0.40 (1 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $0.89 /GPU/hr from $0.17 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.02 |
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 spot on the GTX 1070: 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 GTX 1070 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | GTX 1070 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 8 GB GDDR5 | 10x more on A100 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 256 GB/s | 7.6x higher on A100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 256-bit | 20x wider on A100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | Not supported | A100 only |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 6.5 TFLOPS | 3x higher on A100 |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | A100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A100 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 150 W | 2x higher on A100 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q2 2016 | 4 years newer on A100 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP16FP32 | |
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 GTX 1070 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 | GTX 1070 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.0474 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
$0.98 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$1.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Packet·ai
USA
|
$1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.0400 /GPU/hr On-demand |
48 providers list the A100 and 2 the GTX 1070. Every listing is on the A100 page and the GTX 1070 page.
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Nvidia RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X · 48% less bandwidth than the A100
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Nvidia RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6 · 41% more bandwidth than the GTX 1070
From $0.06 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 2060
6 GB GDDR6 · 31% more bandwidth than the GTX 1070
From $0.05 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia GTX 1070 on Sept. 14, 2026.