A data center GPU against a workstation card, one Ampere and one Ada Lovelace: both with 16 GB GDDR6 and 12% more memory bandwidth on the RTX 2000 Ada.
At a glance
Memory
- A16
- 16 GB
- RTX 2000 Ada
- 16 GB
Identical
Memory bandwidth
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- RTX 2000 Ada
- 224 GB/s
1.1x higher on RTX 2000 Ada
Cheapest on-demand
- A16
- $0.47 /GPU/hr
- RTX 2000 Ada
- $0.13 /GPU/hr
3.6x more expensive on A16
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | RTX 2000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.56 /GPU/hr from $0.47 | $0.24 /GPU/hr from $0.13 | 2.3x more expensive on A16 |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | On request |
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
A16 vs RTX 2000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | RTX 2000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 224 GB/s | 1.1x higher on RTX 2000 Ada |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 128-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 96.0 TFLOPS | RTX 2000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 48.0 TFLOPS | 2.7x higher on RTX 2000 Ada |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 12 TFLOPS | 2.7x higher on RTX 2000 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q2 2024 | 3 years newer on RTX 2000 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and RTX 2000 Ada datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
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Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.