The A40 is newer, with 3x the memory and 55% more bandwidth. The RTX 5000 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on A40
- A40
- 48 GB
- RTX 5000
- 16 GB
Memory bandwidth
55% higher on A40
- A40
- 696 GB/s
- RTX 5000
- 448 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
66% cheaper on RTX 5000
- A40
- $0.28 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5000
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A40 | RTX 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.65 /GPU/hr from $0.28 | $0.60 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | 8% cheaper on RTX 5000 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.61 (24 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.09 (3 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.27 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 |
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 reserved and spot on the RTX 5000: 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 RTX 5000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A40 | RTX 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 3x more on A40 |
| Bandwidth | 696 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 55% higher on A40 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 50% wider on A40 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 149.7 TFLOPS | 89.2 TFLOPS | 68% higher on A40 |
| INT8 | 299.3 TOPS | 178.4 TOPS | 68% higher on A40 |
| FP32 | 37.4 TFLOPS | 11.2 TFLOPS | 3.3x higher on A40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 50 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 5000 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 265 W | 13% higher on A40 |
| Released | Q4 2020 | Q3 2018 | 2 years newer on A40 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A40 datasheet and RTX 5000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | A40 | RTX 5000 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.28 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.10 /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 | -- |
OVH
France
|
-- | $0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Paperspace
USA
|
-- | $0.82 /GPU/hr On-demand |
9 providers list the A40 and 3 the RTX 5000. Every listing is on the A40 page and the RTX 5000 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
From $0.54 /GPU/hr Compare -
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 Ada
32 GB GDDR6 · 29% more bandwidth than the RTX 5000
From $0.43 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A40 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5000 on Sept. 14, 2026.