The RTX A6000 has 3x the memory and 3.8x the bandwidth. The A16 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on RTX A6000
- A16
- 16 GB
- RTX A6000
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
3.8x higher on RTX A6000
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- RTX A6000
- 768 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
69% cheaper on A16
- A16
- $0.11 /GPU/hr
- RTX A6000
- $0.35 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | RTX A6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.11 | $0.61 /GPU/hr from $0.35 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $0.48 /GPU/hr from $0.26 (6 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.13 |
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 spot on the RTX A6000: 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 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 that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | A16 | RTX A6000 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vultr
USA
|
$0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Spheron
Singapore
|
-- | $0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Oblivus
USA
|
-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.57 /GPU/hr On-demand |
3 providers list the A16 and 21 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. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX A6000 on Sept. 14, 2026.