A data center GPU against a workstation card, one Ampere and one Ada Lovelace: 80 GB HBM2e against 20 GB GDDR6, 6.9x the memory bandwidth on the A100, and NVLink 600 GB/s on the A100 where the RTX 4000 SFF Ada is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- A100
- 80 GB
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- 20 GB
4x more on A100
Memory bandwidth
- A100
- 1,935 GB/s
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- 280 GB/s
6.9x higher on A100
Cheapest on-demand
- A100
- $0.40 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- $0.43 /GPU/hr
6% cheaper on A100
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | RTX 4000 SFF Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.76 /GPU/hr from $0.40 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.43 | |
| Reserved | $1.63 /GPU/hr from $0.54 (1 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $1.14 /GPU/hr from $0.29 | 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 RTX 4000 SFF Ada: 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 RTX 4000 SFF Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | RTX 4000 SFF Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 20 GB GDDR6 | 4x more on A100 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 280 GB/s | 6.9x higher on A100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 160-bit | 32x wider on A100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 153.4 TFLOPS | RTX 4000 SFF Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 76.7 TFLOPS | 4.1x higher on A100 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 19.2 TFLOPS | Within 5% |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | A100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A100 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 70 W | 4.3x higher on A100 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q2 2023 | 3 years newer on RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
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 4000 SFF Ada 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 4000 SFF Ada /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Runpod
|
On-Demand $1.00 | On-Demand $0.18 |
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.40 | -- |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.67 | -- |
Thunder Compute
|
On-Demand $1.09 | -- |
Lium
|
On-Demand $1.23 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $1.35 | -- |
Packet·ai
|
On-Demand $1.43 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $1.49 | -- |
Koyeb
|
-- | On-Demand $0.50 |
Hetzner
|
-- | On-Demand $0.43 |
44 providers list the A100 and 3 the RTX 4000 SFF Ada. Every listing is on the A100 page and the RTX 4000 SFF Ada page.
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Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4000 SFF Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.