A data center GPU against a workstation card, one Ampere and one Ada Lovelace: 80 GB HBM2e against 32 GB GDDR6, 3.4x the memory bandwidth on the A100, and NVLink 600 GB/s on the A100 where the RTX 5000 Ada is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- A100
- 80 GB
- RTX 5000 Ada
- 32 GB
2.5x more on A100
Memory bandwidth
- A100
- 1,935 GB/s
- RTX 5000 Ada
- 576 GB/s
3.4x higher on A100
Cheapest on-demand
- A100
- $0.89 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5000 Ada
- --
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | RTX 5000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.81 /GPU/hr from $0.89 | Sold out | |
| Reserved | $1.60 /GPU/hr from $0.66 (24 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $1.20 /GPU/hr from $0.67 | 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. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
A100 vs RTX 5000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | RTX 5000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 32 GB GDDR6 | 2.5x more on A100 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 576 GB/s | 3.4x higher on A100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 256-bit | 20x wider on A100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 522.2 TFLOPS | RTX 5000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 261.1 TFLOPS | 1.2x higher on A100 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 65.3 TFLOPS | 3.3x higher on RTX 5000 Ada |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | A100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A100 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 250 W | 1.2x higher on A100 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q3 2023 | 3 years newer on RTX 5000 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 5000 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 5000 Ada /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.89 | -- |
Thunder Compute
|
On-Demand $1.09 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $1.35 | -- |
Packet·ai
|
On-Demand $1.43 | -- |
Spheron
|
On-Demand $1.43 | -- |
Oblivus
|
On-Demand $1.47 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $1.49 | -- |
Geodd
|
On-Demand $1.49 | -- |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.49 |
43 providers list the A100 and 1 the RTX 5000 Ada. Every listing is on the A100 page and the RTX 5000 Ada page.
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Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada on Sept. 7, 2026.