A data center GPU against a workstation card, one Ampere and one Ada Lovelace: 16 GB GDDR6 against 20 GB GDDR6 and 80% more memory bandwidth on the RTX 4000 Ada.
At a glance
Memory
- A16
- 16 GB
- RTX 4000 Ada
- 20 GB
1.2x more on RTX 4000 Ada
Memory bandwidth
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- RTX 4000 Ada
- 360 GB/s
1.8x higher on RTX 4000 Ada
Cheapest on-demand
- A16
- $0.47 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4000 Ada
- $0.52 /GPU/hr
9% cheaper on A16
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | RTX 4000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.56 /GPU/hr from $0.47 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.52 | |
| 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. No median for on-demand on the RTX 4000 Ada: 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 4000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | RTX 4000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 20 GB GDDR6 | 1.2x more on RTX 4000 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 360 GB/s | 1.8x higher on RTX 4000 Ada |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 160-bit | 1.2x wider on RTX 4000 Ada |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 213.8 TFLOPS | RTX 4000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 106.9 TFLOPS | 6x higher on RTX 4000 Ada |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 26.7 TFLOPS | 5.9x higher on RTX 4000 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q3 2023 | 2 years newer on RTX 4000 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and RTX 4000 Ada 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 4000 Ada /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.56 | On-Demand $0.87 |
Vultr
|
On-Demand $0.47 | -- |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $0.56 | -- |
Akamai Cloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.52 |
DigitalOcean
|
-- | On-Demand $0.76 |
Runpod
|
-- | Reservation on request |
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Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada on Sept. 7, 2026.