Nvidia A16 vs Nvidia RTX A2000

The RTX A2000 has 44% more bandwidth, while the A16 has 33% more memory. The A16 is cheaper right now.

At a glance

Memory

33% more on A16

A16: 16 GB

RTX A2000: 12 GB

Memory bandwidth

44% higher on RTX A2000

A16: 200 GB/s

RTX A2000: 288 GB/s

Cheapest on-demand

92% cheaper on A16

A16: $0.11 /GPU/hr

RTX A2000: $1.34 /GPU/hr

Price comparison

Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.

Billing	A16	RTX A2000
On-demand	-- /GPU/hr from $0.11	-- /GPU/hr from $1.34
Reserved	No reserved listings	-- /GPU/hr from $1.20 (1 mo)
Spot	-- /GPU/hr from $0.07	-- /GPU/hr from $0.10

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 and spot on the A16 and on-demand, reserved and spot on the RTX A2000: 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

A16 vs RTX A2000 price history

Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour

Last 12 months

Aggregating historical prices...

Specs comparison

Spec	A16	RTX A2000	Difference
Memory
Capacity	16 GB GDDR6	12 GB GDDR6	33% more on A16
Bandwidth	200 GB/s	288 GB/s	44% higher on RTX A2000
Bus width	128-bit	192-bit	50% wider on RTX A2000
Compute · dense
FP16 / BF16	17.9 TFLOPS	31.9 TFLOPS	78% higher on RTX A2000
INT8	35.9 TOPS
FP32	4.5 TFLOPS	8 TFLOPS	78% higher on RTX A2000
Platform
Interconnect	PCIe only	PCIe only
Released	Q2 2021	Q3 2021
Precision
Supported formats	FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8	FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8

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: A16 datasheet and RTX A2000 datasheet.

Where to rent them

Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.

Provider	A16	RTX A2000
Vast.ai USA	$0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand	$1.34 /GPU/hr On-demand
Vultr USA	$0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand	--
Sesterce France	$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand	--
Runpod USA	--	$0.12 /GPU/hr On-demand