A data center GPU against a workstation card, one Ampere and one Blackwell: 80 GB HBM2e against 96 GB GDDR7, 21% more memory bandwidth on the A100, and NVLink 600 GB/s on the A100 where the RTX PRO 6000 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- A100
- 80 GB
- RTX PRO 6000
- 96 GB
1.2x more on RTX PRO 6000
Memory bandwidth
- A100
- 1.94 TB/s
- RTX PRO 6000
- 1.60 TB/s
1.2x higher on A100
Cheapest on-demand
- A100
- $0.40 /GPU/hr
- RTX PRO 6000
- $0.66 /GPU/hr
39% cheaper on A100
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | RTX PRO 6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.74 /GPU/hr from $0.40 | $2.21 /GPU/hr from $0.66 | 21% cheaper on A100 |
| Reserved | $1.63 /GPU/hr from $0.65 (12 mo) | $1.79 /GPU/hr from $0.48 (1 mo) | 9% cheaper on A100 |
| Spot | $1.14 /GPU/hr from $0.13 | $1.19 /GPU/hr from $0.41 | 5% cheaper on A100 |
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 PRO 6000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | RTX PRO 6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 96 GB GDDR7 | 1.2x more on RTX PRO 6000 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 1,597 GB/s | 1.2x higher on A100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 512-bit | 10x wider on A100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 2,000 TFLOPS | RTX PRO 6000 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 1,000 TFLOPS | RTX PRO 6000 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 500 TFLOPS | 1.6x higher on RTX PRO 6000 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | 1,000 TOPS | 1.6x higher on RTX PRO 6000 |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 120 TFLOPS | 6.2x higher on RTX PRO 6000 |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | A100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A100 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 600 W | 2x higher on RTX PRO 6000 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q1 2025 | 5 years newer on RTX PRO 6000 |
| 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 PRO 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 | RTX PRO 6000 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.40 | On-Demand $1.20 |
Packet·ai
|
On-Demand $1.43 | On-Demand $0.66 |
Lium
|
On-Demand $1.23 | On-Demand $1.19 |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.41 | -- |
Runpod
|
On-Demand $1.00 | -- |
Thunder Compute
|
On-Demand $1.09 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $1.35 | -- |
Spheron
|
On-Demand $1.43 | -- |
HyperAI
|
-- | On-Demand $0.80 |
GPUhub
|
-- | On-Demand $1.10 |
Verda
|
-- | On-Demand $1.84 |
EcoHash
|
-- | On-Demand $1.89 |
Cloudzy
|
-- | On-Demand $1.93 |
44 providers list the A100 and 46 the RTX PRO 6000. Every listing is on the A100 page and the RTX PRO 6000 page.
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Nvidia RTX 4090
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Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 on Sept. 14, 2026.