The A40 is newer, with 3x the memory and 2.4x the bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on A40
- A40
- 48 GB
- P5000
- 16 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.4x higher on A40
- A40
- 696 GB/s
- P5000
- 288 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
64% cheaper on A40
- A40
- $0.28 /GPU/hr
- P5000
- $0.78 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A40 | P5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.65 /GPU/hr from $0.28 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.78 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.61 (24 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.27 | 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. No median for reserved and spot on the A40 and on-demand on the P5000: 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
A40 vs P5000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A40 | P5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR5X | 3x more on A40 |
| Bandwidth | 696 GB/s | 288 GB/s | 2.4x higher on A40 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 50% wider on A40 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 149.7 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | 299.3 TOPS | Not supported | A40 only |
| FP32 | 37.4 TFLOPS | 8.9 TFLOPS | 4.2x higher on A40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 300 W | 180 W | 67% higher on A40 |
| Released | Q4 2020 | Q4 2016 | 4 years newer on A40 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A40 datasheet and P5000 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 | A40 | P5000 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.28 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$2.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runcrate
USA
|
$2.42 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Denvr
Canada
|
$0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Exoscale
Switzerland
|
$1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Database Mart
USA
|
$0.61 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
Paperspace
USA
|
-- | $0.78 /GPU/hr On-demand |
9 providers list the A40 and 1 the P5000. Every listing is on the A40 page and the P5000 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
48 GB GDDR6 · 38% more bandwidth than the A40
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Nvidia L40
48 GB GDDR6 · 24% more bandwidth than the A40
From $0.46 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia A5000
24 GB GDDR6 · NVLink 112 GB/s
From $0.23 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 5000
16 GB GDDR6 · 56% more bandwidth than the P5000
From $0.10 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A40 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia P5000 on Sept. 14, 2026.