A data center GPU against a workstation card, one Ampere and one Turing: 80 GB HBM2e against 24 GB GDDR6 and 2.9x the memory bandwidth on the A100.
At a glance
Memory
- A100
- 80 GB
- Quadro RTX 6000
- 24 GB
3.3x more on A100
Memory bandwidth
- A100
- 1,935 GB/s
- Quadro RTX 6000
- 672 GB/s
2.9x higher on A100
Cheapest on-demand
- A100
- $0.89 /GPU/hr
- Quadro RTX 6000
- $1.50 /GPU/hr
41% cheaper on A100
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | Quadro RTX 6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.81 /GPU/hr from $0.89 | -- /GPU/hr from $1.50 | |
| 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. No median for on-demand on the Quadro RTX 6000: 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 Quadro RTX 6000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | Quadro RTX 6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 24 GB GDDR6 | 3.3x 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 | 384-bit | 13x wider on A100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 130.5 TFLOPS | 2.4x higher on A100 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | 261 TOPS | 2.4x higher on A100 |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 16.3 TFLOPS | 1.2x higher on A100 |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | A100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | NVLink 100 GB/s | 6x higher on A100 |
| Board power | 300 W | 295 W | Within 5% |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q3 2018 | 2 years newer on A100 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
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 Quadro RTX 6000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A100 /GPU/hr | Quadro RTX 6000 /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 | -- |
Akamai Cloud
|
-- | On-Demand $1.50 |
Lambda Labs
|
-- | On-Demand $0.69 |
43 providers list the A100 and 2 the Quadro RTX 6000. Every listing is on the A100 page and the Quadro RTX 6000 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 on Sept. 7, 2026.