The A100 has 6.7x the memory and 2.9x the bandwidth. The RTX 5070 is newer and typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
6.7x more on A100
- A100
- 80 GB
- RTX 5070
- 12 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.9x higher on A100
- A100
- 1,935 GB/s
- RTX 5070
- 672 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
61% cheaper on RTX 5070
- A100
- $0.40 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5070
- $0.15 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | RTX 5070 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.79 /GPU/hr from $0.40 | $0.19 /GPU/hr from $0.15 | 90% cheaper on RTX 5070 |
| Reserved | $1.60 /GPU/hr from $0.30 (3 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.19 (3 mo) | |
| Spot | $0.99 /GPU/hr from $0.17 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 |
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 reserved and spot on the RTX 5070: 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 5070 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | RTX 5070 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 12 GB GDDR7 | 6.7x more on A100 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 672 GB/s | 2.9x higher on A100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 192-bit | 27x wider on A100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 493.9 TFLOPS | RTX 5070 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 123.5 TFLOPS | RTX 5070 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 61.7 TFLOPS | 5.1x higher on A100 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | 246.9 TOPS | 2.5x higher on A100 |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 30.9 TFLOPS | 58% higher on RTX 5070 |
| 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 | 20% higher on A100 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q1 2025 | 5 years newer on RTX 5070 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
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 5070 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 | RTX 5070 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.15 /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 | -- |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Hyperstack
UK
|
$1.35 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$1.39 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.23 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.17 /GPU/hr On-demand |
48 providers list the A100 and 3 the RTX 5070. Every listing is on the A100 page and the RTX 5070 page.
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Nvidia RTX 4090
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Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti
16 GB GDDR7 · 24% less bandwidth than the RTX 5070
From $0.12 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti
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Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5070 on Sept. 14, 2026.