The A30 has 2.2x the bandwidth, with the same 24 GB of memory.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- A30
- 24 GB
- RTX 4500 Ada
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.2x higher on A30
- A30
- 933 GB/s
- RTX 4500 Ada
- 432 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- A30
- $0.33 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4500 Ada
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Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A30 | RTX 4500 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.76 /GPU/hr from $0.33 | No on-demand listings | |
| Reserved | $0.56 /GPU/hr from $0.28 (12 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | Sold out | No spot 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. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
A30 vs RTX 4500 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A30 | RTX 4500 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB HBM2 | 24 GB GDDR6 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 933 GB/s | 432 GB/s | 2.2x higher on A30 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 317 TFLOPS | RTX 4500 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 165 TFLOPS | 158.5 TFLOPS | Within 5% |
| INT8 | 330 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 10.3 TFLOPS | 39.6 TFLOPS | 3.8x higher on RTX 4500 Ada |
| FP64 | 5.2 TFLOPS | Not supported | A30 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 165 W | 210 W | 27% higher on RTX 4500 Ada |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q3 2023 | 2 years newer on RTX 4500 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A30 datasheet and RTX 4500 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 | A30 | RTX 4500 Ada |
|---|---|---|
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$0.68 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
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$0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
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$0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
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$0.96 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
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$0.46 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
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$0.67 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
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$0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
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$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
10 providers list the A30 and 0 the RTX 4500 Ada. Every listing is on the A30 page and the RTX 4500 Ada page.
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Our data for Nvidia A30 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4500 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.