A workstation GPU against a data center card, one Ampere and one Hopper: 24 GB GDDR6 against 96 GB HBM3, 5.2x the memory bandwidth on the H20, and NVLink 112 GB/s on the A5000 where the H20 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 17 minutes ago- Memory
- 24 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 768 GB/s
- From
- $0.20 /GPU/hr
- 13 providers
- Memory
- 96 GB
- HBM3
- Memory bandwidth
- 4.00 TB/s
- From
- --
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | A5000 | H20 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.20 | -- | |
| Spot | $0.09 | No spot listings | |
| Reserved | $0.24 | No reserved listings | |
| Median | $1.24 | -- |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
A5000 vs H20 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A5000 | H20 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 96 GB HBM3 | 4x more on H20 |
| Bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 4,000 GB/s | 5.2x higher on H20 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A5000 only |
| Board power | 230 W | 400 W | 1.7x higher on H20 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q1 2024 | 3 years newer on H20 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | |
Source: A5000 datasheet .
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A5000 /GPU/hr | H20 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.20 | -- |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.24 | -- |
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.25 | -- |
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 | -- |
13 providers list the A5000 and 0 the H20. Every listing is on the A5000 page and the H20 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A5000 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia H20 on Sept. 7, 2026.