The RTX 5090 is newer, with 2x the memory and 9x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on RTX 5090
- A16
- 16 GB
- RTX 5090
- 32 GB
Memory bandwidth
9x higher on RTX 5090
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- RTX 5090
- 1,792 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- A16
- --
- RTX 5090
- $0.35 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | RTX 5090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | Sold out | $0.65 /GPU/hr from $0.35 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $0.59 /GPU/hr from $0.21 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.40 /GPU/hr from $0.25 |
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 5090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | RTX 5090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 32 GB GDDR7 | 2x more on RTX 5090 |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 1,792 GB/s | 9x higher on RTX 5090 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 512-bit | 4x wider on RTX 5090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 1,676 TFLOPS | RTX 5090 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 419 TFLOPS | RTX 5090 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 209.5 TFLOPS | 12x higher on RTX 5090 |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | 838 TOPS | 23x higher on RTX 5090 |
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 104.8 TFLOPS | 23x higher on RTX 5090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q1 2025 | 4 years newer on RTX 5090 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and RTX 5090 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 5090 |
|---|---|---|
Vultr
USA
|
$0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPUhub
Singapore
|
-- | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Nova Cloud
Canada
|
-- | $0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.75 /GPU/hr On-demand |
2 providers list the A16 and 21 the RTX 5090. Every listing is on the A16 page and the RTX 5090 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5090 on Sept. 14, 2026.