Overview
Nvidia A16
The Nvidia A16 is a data center GPU on the Ampere architecture, released Q2 2021, with 16 GB GDDR6 and 200 GB/s memory bandwidth.
Nvidia RTX 3050
The Nvidia RTX 3050 is a consumer GPU on the Ampere architecture, released Q1 2022, with 8 GB GDDR6 and 224 GB/s memory bandwidth.
Memory per GPU
2x more on A16
A16
RTX 3050
Memory bandwidth
1.1x higher on RTX 3050
A16
RTX 3050
GPU interconnect
A16
RTX 3050
Peak performance (FP16)
Within 5%
A16
RTX 3050
Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Precision support
A16
RTX 3050
Highlighted formats are supported by only one of the two.
Architecture
A16
RTX 3050
Released
10 months newer on RTX 3050
A16
RTX 3050
Source: A16 datasheet and RTX 3050 datasheet.
Price comparison
Cheapest on-demand
1.5x higher on A16
A16
RTX 3050
Typical rate
7.4x higher on A16
A16
RTX 3050
Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Spot floor
2.2x higher on A16
A16
RTX 3050
Providers listing it
3 more on A16
A16
RTX 3050
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. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Offers and availability
How this list works
Order
Each provider appears once per GPU. We pick the one configuration that speaks for that provider, and rank on it in this order:
- Availability: in stock, then waitlist, then not reported, then out of stock. A price you can act on outranks a cheaper one you cannot.
- Billing type: on-demand first, then reserved, then spot, then quote-only. On-demand leads because it is the only rate you can hold without committing to anything.
- Price: the lowest per-GPU hourly rate the provider lists, converted to USD.
The configuration we pick is chosen the same way, availability before billing before price. The rest of that provider's configurations are on the GPU's own page.
Ties sort alphabetically. Reserved rates are not separated by term length, so a three-year commitment can sit above a one-month one: the label beneath each price says which you are looking at. Providers who publish no rate are listed last within their group.
Transparency and funding
- Ads and sponsors: Paid placements sit at the top of the list and are always labeled as sponsored content. Sponsorship never influences the organic ranking itself.
- Affiliates: Affiliate links are marked. We may earn a commission if you click them, but commissions never affect the order.
- Prices: Shown in USD, converted at daily reference rates where a provider publishes in another currency. A month means 720 hours. How we estimate costs.
A16 Offers
4 of 4 providers report available stock.
RTX 3050 Offers
No provider publishes a stock status.
Similar GPUs
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Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 3, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3050 on Sept. 3, 2026.