A data center GPU against a consumer card on the Ampere architecture: 80 GB HBM2e against 8 GB GDDR6, 4.3x the memory bandwidth on the A100, and NVLink 600 GB/s on the A100 where the RTX 3060 Ti is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 5 minutes ago- Memory
- 80 GB
- HBM2e · 40 GB on SXM, PCIe
- Memory bandwidth
- 1.94 TB/s
- 2,039 GB/s on SXM · 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe
- From
- $0.89 /GPU/hr
- 43 providers
- Memory
- 8 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 448 GB/s
- From
- $0.08 /GPU/hr
- 4 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | A100 | RTX 3060 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.89 | $0.08 | 11x more expensive on A100 |
| Spot | $0.68 | $0.03 | 23x more expensive on A100 |
| Reserved | $0.66 | $0.25 | 2.7x more expensive on A100 |
| Median | $1.79 | $0.09 | 19x more expensive on A100 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
A100 vs RTX 3060 Ti price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | RTX 3060 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 8 GB GDDR6 | 10x more on A100 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 448 GB/s | 4.3x higher on A100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 256-bit | 20x wider on A100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 32.4 TFLOPS | 9.6x higher on A100 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | 129.6 TOPS | 4.8x higher on A100 |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 16.2 TFLOPS | 1.2x 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 | 200 W | 1.5x higher on A100 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q4 2020 | 7 months newer on RTX 3060 Ti |
| 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 3060 Ti datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A100 /GPU/hr | RTX 3060 Ti /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.95 | Spot $0.0437 |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.89 | -- |
Thunder Compute
|
On-Demand $1.09 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $1.35 | -- |
Runpod
|
On-Demand $1.39 | -- |
Packet·ai
|
On-Demand $1.43 | -- |
Spheron
|
On-Demand $1.43 | -- |
Oblivus
|
On-Demand $1.47 | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.08 |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.10 |
Database Mart
|
-- | Reserved (24mo) $0.25 |
43 providers list the A100 and 4 the RTX 3060 Ti. Every listing is on the A100 page and the RTX 3060 Ti page.
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Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti on Sept. 7, 2026.