The A100 is newer, with 5x the memory and 6.7x the bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
5x more on A100
- A100
- 80 GB
- P5000
- 16 GB
Memory bandwidth
6.7x higher on A100
- A100
- 1,935 GB/s
- P5000
- 288 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
48% cheaper on A100
- A100
- $0.40 /GPU/hr
- P5000
- $0.78 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | P5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.81 /GPU/hr from $0.40 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.78 | |
| Reserved | $1.60 /GPU/hr from $0.40 (3 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $1.08 /GPU/hr from $0.22 | 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 on the P5000: 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 P5000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | P5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 16 GB GDDR5X | 5x more on A100 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 288 GB/s | 6.7x 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 | 8.9 TFLOPS | 2.2x 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 | 180 W | 67% higher on A100 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q4 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 P5000 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 | A100 | P5000 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
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
|
$1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Packet·ai
USA
|
$1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Paperspace
USA
|
-- | $0.78 /GPU/hr On-demand |
48 providers list the A100 and 1 the P5000. Every listing is on the A100 page and the P5000 page.
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Nvidia RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X · 48% less bandwidth than the A100
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Nvidia A5000
24 GB GDDR6 · 2.7x the bandwidth of the P5000
From $0.23 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 5000
16 GB GDDR6 · 56% more bandwidth than the P5000
From $0.09 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia P5000 on Sept. 14, 2026.