The RTX 4090 is newer, with 50% more memory and 5x the bandwidth. The A16 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
50% more on RTX 4090
- A16
- 16 GB
- RTX 4090
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
5x higher on RTX 4090
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- RTX 4090
- 1,010 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
67% cheaper on A16
- A16
- $0.11 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4090
- $0.33 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | RTX 4090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.11 | $0.47 /GPU/hr from $0.33 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $0.52 /GPU/hr from $0.24 (48 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | $0.33 /GPU/hr from $0.16 |
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 A16: 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 4090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | RTX 4090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6X | 50% more on RTX 4090 |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 1,010 GB/s | 5x higher on RTX 4090 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 384-bit | 3x wider on RTX 4090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 330.3 TFLOPS | RTX 4090 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 165.2 TFLOPS | 9.2x higher on RTX 4090 |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | 660.6 TOPS | 18x higher on RTX 4090 |
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 82.6 TFLOPS | 18x higher on RTX 4090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q4 2022 | 2 years newer on RTX 4090 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and RTX 4090 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | A16 | RTX 4090 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vultr
USA
|
$0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.38 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Packet·ai
USA
|
-- | $0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Oblivus
USA
|
-- | $0.64 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
3 providers list the A16 and 22 the RTX 4090. Every listing is on the A16 page and the RTX 4090 page.
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Nvidia A10
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Nvidia RTX 5090
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Nvidia L40S
48 GB GDDR6 · 14% less bandwidth than the RTX 4090
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Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4090 on Sept. 14, 2026.