A workstation GPU against a consumer card, one Ampere and one Pascal: 24 GB GDDR6 against 6 GB GDDR5, 4x the memory bandwidth on the A5000, and NVLink 112 GB/s on the A5000 where the GTX 1060 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- A5000
- 24 GB
- GTX 1060
- 6 GB
4x more on A5000
Memory bandwidth
- A5000
- 768 GB/s
- GTX 1060
- 192 GB/s
4x higher on A5000
Cheapest on-demand
- A5000
- $0.25 /GPU/hr
- GTX 1060
- $0.03 /GPU/hr
8.3x more expensive on A5000
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A5000 | GTX 1060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.31 /GPU/hr from $0.25 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 | |
| Reserved | $0.35 /GPU/hr from $0.25 (24 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.09 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.02 |
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 spot on the A5000 and on-demand and spot on the GTX 1060: 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
A5000 vs GTX 1060 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A5000 | GTX 1060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 6 GB GDDR5 | 4x more on A5000 |
| Bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 192 GB/s | 4x higher on A5000 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 192-bit | 2x wider on A5000 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 111.1 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 | 27.8 TFLOPS | 4.4 TFLOPS | 6.4x higher on A5000 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A5000 only |
| Board power | 230 W | 120 W | 1.9x higher on A5000 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q3 2016 | 5 years newer on A5000 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32 | |
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: A5000 datasheet and GTX 1060 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A5000 /GPU/hr | GTX 1060 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.25 | On-Demand $0.0300 |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.27 | -- |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $1.56 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $1.56 | -- |
Exoscale
|
On-Demand $1.14 | -- |
Paperspace
|
On-Demand $1.38 | -- |
Database Mart
|
Reserved (24mo) $0.25 | -- |
Utho
|
Reserved (36mo) $0.29 | -- |
12 providers list the A5000 and 1 the GTX 1060. Every listing is on the A5000 page and the GTX 1060 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A5000 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia GTX 1060 on Sept. 7, 2026.