The A16 has 2x the memory, while the RTX 3050 has 12% more bandwidth. The RTX 3050 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on A16
- A16
- 16 GB
- RTX 3050
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
12% higher on RTX 3050
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- RTX 3050
- 224 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
85% cheaper on RTX 3050
- A16
- $0.47 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3050
- $0.07 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.56 /GPU/hr from $0.47 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 |
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 RTX 3050: 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 3050 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on A16 |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 224 GB/s | 12% higher on RTX 3050 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 128-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 18.2 TFLOPS | Within 5% |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | 72.8 TOPS | 2x higher on RTX 3050 |
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 9.1 TFLOPS | 2x higher on RTX 3050 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q1 2022 | 10 months newer on RTX 3050 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and RTX 3050 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 | RTX 3050 |
|---|---|---|
Vultr
USA
|
$0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runcrate
USA
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.07 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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Nvidia L4
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16 GB GDDR6 · 50% more bandwidth than the A16
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Nvidia A10
24 GB GDDR6 · 3x the bandwidth of the A16
From $0.24 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6 · 61% more bandwidth than the RTX 3050
From $0.05 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 · 21% more bandwidth than the RTX 3050
From $0.08 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3050 on Sept. 14, 2026.