Two Nvidia workstation GPUs on the Ampere architecture: 16 GB GDDR6 against 24 GB GDDR6, 71% more memory bandwidth on the A5000, and NVLink 112 GB/s on the A5000 where the A4000 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 8 minutes ago- Memory
- 16 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 448 GB/s
- From
- $0.15 /GPU/hr
- 11 providers
- Memory
- 24 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 768 GB/s
- From
- $0.25 /GPU/hr
- 11 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | A4000 | A5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.15 | $0.25 | 40% cheaper on A4000 |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.09 | |
| Reserved | $0.11 | $0.25 | 2.3x more expensive on A5000 |
| Median | $0.21 | $1.38 | 6.6x more expensive on A5000 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
A4000 vs A5000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A4000 | A5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6 | 1.5x more on A5000 |
| Bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 768 GB/s | 1.7x higher on A5000 |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 384-bit | 1.5x wider on A5000 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 76.7 TFLOPS | 111.1 TFLOPS | 1.4x higher on A5000 |
| FP32 | 19.2 TFLOPS | 27.8 TFLOPS | 1.4x higher on A5000 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 112 GB/s | NVLink on A5000 only |
| Board power | 140 W | 230 W | 1.6x higher on A5000 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q2 2021 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A4000 datasheet and A5000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A4000 /GPU/hr | A5000 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $0.17 | On-Demand $1.56 |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.88 | On-Demand $1.56 |
Paperspace
|
On-Demand $0.76 | On-Demand $1.38 |
Database Mart
|
Reserved (24mo) $0.17 | Reserved (24mo) $0.25 |
Cirrascale
|
Reserved (12mo) $0.28 | Reserved (12mo) $0.42 |
Hyperstack
|
On-Demand $0.15 | -- |
TensorDock
|
On-Demand $0.21 | -- |
Runpod
|
Reservation on request | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.25 |
Exoscale
|
-- | On-Demand $1.14 |
Utho
|
-- | Reserved (36mo) $0.29 |
11 providers list the A4000 and 11 the A5000. Every listing is on the A4000 page and the A5000 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A4000 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia A5000 on Sept. 7, 2026.