A data center GPU against a workstation card on the Ampere architecture: 16 GB GDDR6 against 48 GB GDDR6, 3.8x the memory bandwidth on the RTX A6000, and NVLink 112 GB/s on the RTX A6000 where the A16 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 6 minutes ago- Memory
- 16 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 200 GB/s
- From
- $0.47 /GPU/hr
- 3 providers
- Memory
- 48 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 768 GB/s
- From
- $0.35 /GPU/hr
- 19 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | A16 | RTX A6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.47 | $0.35 | 26% cheaper on RTX A6000 |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.40 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $0.35 | |
| Median | $0.56 | $0.56 | Within 5% |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
A16 vs RTX A6000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | RTX A6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 3x more on RTX A6000 |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 768 GB/s | 3.8x higher on RTX A6000 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 384-bit | 3x wider on RTX A6000 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 154.8 TFLOPS | 8.6x higher on RTX A6000 |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | 309.7 TOPS | 8.6x higher on RTX A6000 |
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 38.7 TFLOPS | 8.6x higher on RTX A6000 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 112 GB/s | NVLink on RTX A6000 only |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q4 2020 | 6 months newer on A16 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and RTX A6000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A16 /GPU/hr | RTX A6000 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $0.56 | On-Demand $0.55 |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.56 | On-Demand $0.55 |
Vultr
|
On-Demand $0.47 | -- |
Thunder Compute
|
-- | On-Demand $0.35 |
GPU.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.40 |
Spheron
|
-- | On-Demand $0.54 |
Massed Compute
|
-- | On-Demand $0.55 |
Oblivus
|
-- | On-Demand $0.55 |
Koyeb
|
-- | On-Demand $0.75 |
3 providers list the A16 and 19 the RTX A6000. Every listing is on the A16 page and the RTX A6000 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX A6000 on Sept. 7, 2026.