A data center GPU against a consumer card on the Ampere architecture: 16 GB GDDR6 against 8 GB GDDR6X and 3x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 3070 Ti.
At a glance
Updated 8 minutes ago- Memory
- 16 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 200 GB/s
- From
- $0.47 /GPU/hr
- 3 providers
- Memory
- 8 GB
- GDDR6X
- Memory bandwidth
- 608 GB/s
- From
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
- 1 provider
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | A16 | RTX 3070 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.47 | $0.10 | 4.7x more expensive on A16 |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.06 | |
| Median | $0.56 | $0.10 | 5.6x more expensive on A16 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
A16 vs RTX 3070 Ti price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | RTX 3070 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6X | 2x more on A16 |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 608 GB/s | 3x higher on RTX 3070 Ti |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 256-bit | 2x wider on RTX 3070 Ti |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 43.5 TFLOPS | 2.4x higher on RTX 3070 Ti |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | 174 TOPS | 4.8x higher on RTX 3070 Ti |
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 21.8 TFLOPS | 4.8x higher on RTX 3070 Ti |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q2 2021 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and RTX 3070 Ti datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A16 /GPU/hr | RTX 3070 Ti /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vultr
|
On-Demand $0.47 | -- |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $0.56 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.56 | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.10 |
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Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti on Sept. 7, 2026.