The GB300 is newer, with 18x the memory and 40x the bandwidth. The A16 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
18x more on GB300
- A16
- 16 GB
- GB300
- 288 GB
Memory bandwidth
40x higher on GB300
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- GB300
- 8,000 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
97% cheaper on A16
- A16
- $0.47 /GPU/hr
- GB300
- $18.00 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | GB300 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.56 /GPU/hr from $0.47 | -- /GPU/hr from $18.00 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | On request | |
| Spot | No spot listings | Sold out |
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 on the GB300: 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 GB300 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | GB300 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 288 GB HBM3e | 18x more on GB300 |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 8,000 GB/s | 40x higher on GB300 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 8,192-bit | 64x wider on GB300 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 15,000 TFLOPS | GB300 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 5,000 TFLOPS | GB300 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 2,500 TFLOPS | 140x higher on GB300 |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | 165 TOPS | 4.6x higher on GB300 |
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 80 TFLOPS | 18x higher on GB300 |
| FP64 | Not supported | 1.3 TFLOPS | GB300 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 1,800 GB/s | NVLink on GB300 only |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q1 2025 | 4 years newer on GB300 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP4FP6FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and GB300 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. No provider we track offers both right now.
| Provider | A16 | GB300 |
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$0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
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$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
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$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
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-- | $18.00 /GPU/hr On-demand NVL |
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-- | On request Reserved |
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-- | On request Custom NVL |
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-- | On request Custom NVL |
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-- | On request Custom NVL |
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-- | On request Custom NVL |
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-- | $9.06 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
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Nvidia A10
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Nvidia B300
288 GB HBM3e · released Q1 2025
From $6.50 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia B200
180 GB HBM3e · released Q1 2024
From $3.75 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia GB300 on Sept. 14, 2026.