A data center GPU against a consumer card, one Ampere and one Ada Lovelace: 16 GB GDDR6 against 24 GB GDDR6X and 5x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 4090.
At a glance
Memory
- A16
- 16 GB
- RTX 4090
- 24 GB
1.5x more on RTX 4090
Memory bandwidth
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- RTX 4090
- 1,010 GB/s
5x higher on RTX 4090
Cheapest on-demand
- A16
- $0.47 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4090
- $0.23 /GPU/hr
2x more expensive on A16
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | RTX 4090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.56 /GPU/hr from $0.47 | $0.46 /GPU/hr from $0.23 | 18% cheaper on RTX 4090 |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $0.45 /GPU/hr from $0.27 (12 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.17 /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. 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 | 1.5x 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 listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A16 /GPU/hr | RTX 4090 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vultr
|
On-Demand $0.47 | -- |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $0.56 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.56 | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.23 |
Lium
|
-- | On-Demand $0.30 |
Novita
|
-- | On-Demand $0.33 |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.33 |
GPU.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.34 |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.34 |
Packet·ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.39 |
Vast.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.40 |
3 providers list the A16 and 20 the RTX 4090. Every listing is on the A16 page and the RTX 4090 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4090 on Sept. 7, 2026.