The RTX 5000 has 2.2x the bandwidth, with the same 16 GB of memory.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- A16
- 16 GB
- RTX 5000
- 16 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.2x higher on RTX 5000
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- RTX 5000
- 448 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- A16
- --
- RTX 5000
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | RTX 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | Sold out | $0.60 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.09 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 |
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 5000: 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 5000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | RTX 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 2.2x higher on RTX 5000 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 256-bit | 2x wider on RTX 5000 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 89.2 TFLOPS | 5x higher on RTX 5000 |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | 178.4 TOPS | 5x higher on RTX 5000 |
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 11.2 TFLOPS | 2.5x higher on RTX 5000 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 50 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 5000 only |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q3 2018 | 3 years newer on A16 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and RTX 5000 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 5000 |
|---|---|---|
Vultr
USA
|
$0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand |
OVH
France
|
-- | $0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Paperspace
USA
|
-- | $0.82 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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Nvidia A10
24 GB GDDR6 · 3x the bandwidth of the A16
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Nvidia A5000
24 GB GDDR6 · 71% more bandwidth than the RTX 5000
From $0.23 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
32 GB GDDR6 · 29% more bandwidth than the RTX 5000
From $0.49 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5000 on Sept. 14, 2026.