The A5000 is newer and has 2.2x the bandwidth, with the same 24 GB of memory. The P40 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- A5000
- 24 GB
- P40
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.2x higher on A5000
- A5000
- 768 GB/s
- P40
- 346 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
33% cheaper on P40
- A5000
- $0.16 /GPU/hr
- P40
- $0.11 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A5000 | P40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.81 /GPU/hr from $0.16 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.11 | |
| Reserved | $0.35 /GPU/hr from $0.23 (3 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.09 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 |
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 P40: 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 P40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A5000 | P40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR5 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 346 GB/s | 2.2x higher on A5000 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 111.1 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | 47 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 27.8 TFLOPS | 12 TFLOPS | 2.3x higher on A5000 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A5000 only |
| Board power | 230 W | 250 W | 9% higher on P40 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q3 2016 | 5 years newer on A5000 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A5000 datasheet and P40 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | A5000 | P40 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.23 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.24 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$1.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runcrate
USA
|
$1.85 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Exoscale
Switzerland
|
$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Paperspace
USA
|
$1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
12 providers list the A5000 and 1 the P40. Every listing is on the A5000 page and the P40 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
48 GB GDDR6 · 25% more bandwidth than the A5000
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Nvidia A40
48 GB GDDR6 · PCIe only
From $0.40 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia A4000
16 GB GDDR6 · 42% less bandwidth than the A5000
From $0.07 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia L4
24 GB GDDR6 · 13% less bandwidth than the P40
From $0.32 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia T4
16 GB GDDR6 · 13% less bandwidth than the P40
From $0.10 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A5000 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia P40 on Sept. 14, 2026.