The A100 has 67% more memory and 2x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
67% more on A100
- A100
- 80 GB
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
2x higher on A100
- A100
- 1,935 GB/s
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
10% cheaper on A100
- A100
- $0.44 /GPU/hr
- RTX 6000 Ada
- $0.49 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr from $0.44 | $1.07 /GPU/hr from $0.49 | 41% cheaper on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Reserved | $1.60 /GPU/hr from $0.43 (1 mo) | $1.11 /GPU/hr from $0.53 (1 mo) | 31% cheaper on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Spot | $0.90 /GPU/hr from $0.14 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.27 |
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 spot on the RTX 6000 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 6000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 48 GB GDDR6 | 67% more on A100 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 960 GB/s | 2x higher on A100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 384-bit | 13x wider on A100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 728.5 TFLOPS | RTX 6000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 364.2 TFLOPS | 17% higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 91.1 TFLOPS | 4.7x higher on RTX 6000 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 | 300 W | Identical |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q4 2022 | 3 years newer on RTX 6000 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 6000 Ada 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 6000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
$1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$1.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Spheron
Singapore
|
$1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Verda
Finland
|
-- | $1.16 /GPU/hr On-demand |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $1.40 /GPU/hr On-demand |
48 providers list the A100 and 14 the RTX 6000 Ada. Every listing is on the A100 page and the RTX 6000 Ada page.
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Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.