The RTX 6000 Ada is newer, with 3x the memory and 4.8x the bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on RTX 6000 Ada
- A16
- 16 GB
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
4.8x higher on RTX 6000 Ada
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
12% cheaper on RTX 6000 Ada
- A16
- $0.56 /GPU/hr
- RTX 6000 Ada
- $0.49 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.56 | $0.96 /GPU/hr from $0.49 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.43 (3 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.27 |
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 A16 and reserved and spot on the RTX 6000 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 6000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 3x more on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 4.8x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 384-bit | 3x wider on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 728.5 TFLOPS | RTX 6000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 364.2 TFLOPS | 20x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 91.1 TFLOPS | 20x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q4 2022 | 2 years newer on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and RTX 6000 Ada 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 6000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
Sesterce
France
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | $1.26 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Vultr
USA
|
$0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $1.40 /GPU/hr On-demand |
TensorDock
Distributed
|
-- | $0.86 /GPU/hr On-demand |
3 providers list the A16 and 14 the RTX 6000 Ada. Every listing is on the A16 page and the RTX 6000 Ada page.
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Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.