The V100 has 2x the memory and 4.5x the bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on V100
- A16
- 16 GB
- V100
- 32 GB
Memory bandwidth
4.5x higher on V100
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- V100
- 900 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
80% cheaper on V100
- A16
- $0.56 /GPU/hr
- V100
- $0.11 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | V100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.56 | $0.97 /GPU/hr from $0.11 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $1.51 /GPU/hr from $0.22 (24 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.40 /GPU/hr from $0.06 |
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: 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 V100 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | V100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 32 GB HBM2 | 2x more on V100 |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 900 GB/s | 4.5x higher on V100 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 4,096-bit | 32x wider on V100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 125 TFLOPS | 7x higher on V100 |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 15.7 TFLOPS | 3.5x higher on V100 |
| FP64 | Not supported | 7.8 TFLOPS | V100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 300 GB/s | NVLink on V100 only |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q2 2017 | 4 years newer on A16 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32FP64INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and V100 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 | V100 |
|---|---|---|
Sesterce
France
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | $2.57 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | $3.04 /GPU/hr On-demand NVL |
Vultr
USA
|
$0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.12 /GPU/hr On-demand |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
-- | $0.14 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.23 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Geodd
USA
|
-- | $0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand |
TensorDock
Distributed
|
-- | $0.28 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
3 providers list the A16 and 21 the V100. Every listing is on the A16 page and the V100 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia V100 on Sept. 14, 2026.