The RTX 5880 Ada is newer, with 4x the memory and 3.3x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
4x more on RTX 5880 Ada
- RTX A2000
- 12 GB
- RTX 5880 Ada
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
3.3x higher on RTX 5880 Ada
- RTX A2000
- 288 GB/s
- RTX 5880 Ada
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- RTX A2000
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5880 Ada
- --
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX A2000 | RTX 5880 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.10 | No on-demand listings |
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 RTX A2000: 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
RTX A2000 vs RTX 5880 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX A2000 | RTX 5880 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 4x more on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 3.3x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 384-bit | 2x wider on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 554.2 TFLOPS | RTX 5880 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 31.9 TFLOPS | 277.1 TFLOPS | 8.7x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| FP32 | 8 TFLOPS | 69.3 TFLOPS | 8.7x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 70 W | 285 W | 4.1x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Released | Q3 2021 | Q1 2024 | 2 years newer on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
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: RTX A2000 datasheet and RTX 5880 Ada 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 | RTX A2000 | RTX 5880 Ada |
|---|---|---|
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
$0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.12 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia A4000
16 GB GDDR6 · 56% more bandwidth than the RTX A2000
On-demand from $0.21 /GPU/hr -
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Nvidia RTX A6000
48 GB GDDR6 · 20% less bandwidth than the RTX 5880 Ada
On-demand from $0.40 /GPU/hr
Our data for Nvidia RTX A2000 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5880 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.