The RTX 3090 has 50% more memory and 4.7x the bandwidth, and is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
50% more on RTX 3090
- A16
- 16 GB
- RTX 3090
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
4.7x higher on RTX 3090
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- RTX 3090
- 936 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
79% cheaper on RTX 3090
- A16
- $0.47 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3090
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.56 /GPU/hr from $0.47 | $0.20 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | 64% cheaper on RTX 3090 |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 |
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 reserved and spot on the RTX 3090: 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 3090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6X | 50% more on RTX 3090 |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 936 GB/s | 4.7x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 384-bit | 3x wider on RTX 3090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 71.2 TFLOPS | 4x higher on RTX 3090 |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | 284.7 TOPS | 7.9x higher on RTX 3090 |
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 35.6 TFLOPS | 7.9x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 112 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 3090 only |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q3 2020 | 7 months newer on A16 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and RTX 3090 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 3090 |
|---|---|---|
Vultr
USA
|
$0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runcrate
USA
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
-- | $0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.12 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.15 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.17 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.22 /GPU/hr On-demand |
SwissGPU
Switzerland
|
-- | $0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand |
TensorDock
Distributed
|
-- | $0.31 /GPU/hr On-demand |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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Nvidia RTX 5090
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Nvidia RTX 4090
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Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3090 on Sept. 14, 2026.