The A5000 is newer, with 3x the memory and 85% more bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on A5000
- A5000
- 24 GB
- RTX 4000
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
85% higher on A5000
- A5000
- 768 GB/s
- RTX 4000
- 416 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
71% cheaper on A5000
- A5000
- $0.16 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4000
- $0.56 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A5000 | RTX 4000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.74 /GPU/hr from $0.16 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.56 | |
| Reserved | $0.35 /GPU/hr from $0.18 (6 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $0.11 /GPU/hr from $0.09 | No spot listings |
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 on-demand on the RTX 4000: 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 RTX 4000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A5000 | RTX 4000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 3x more on A5000 |
| Bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 416 GB/s | 85% higher on A5000 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 50% wider on A5000 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 111.1 TFLOPS | 57 TFLOPS | 95% higher on A5000 |
| FP32 | 27.8 TFLOPS | 7.1 TFLOPS | 3.9x higher on A5000 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A5000 only |
| Board power | 230 W | 160 W | 44% higher on A5000 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q4 2018 | 2 years newer on A5000 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A5000 datasheet and RTX 4000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. No provider we track offers both right now.
| Provider | A5000 | RTX 4000 |
|---|---|---|
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.19 /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 | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
$0.16 /GPU/hr Spot | -- |
Exoscale
Switzerland
|
$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Paperspace
USA
|
-- | $0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand |
13 providers list the A5000 and 1 the RTX 4000. Every listing is on the A5000 page and the RTX 4000 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
From $0.46 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia A40
48 GB GDDR6 · PCIe only
From $0.34 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia A4000
16 GB GDDR6 · 42% less bandwidth than the A5000
From $0.08 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
20 GB GDDR6 · 13% less bandwidth than the RTX 4000
From $0.19 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A5000 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4000 on Sept. 14, 2026.