A workstation GPU against a consumer card, one Ampere and one Ada Lovelace: 24 GB GDDR6 against 24 GB GDDR6X, 32% more memory bandwidth on the RTX 4090, and NVLink 112 GB/s on the A5000 where the RTX 4090 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- A5000
- 24 GB
- RTX 4090
- 24 GB
Identical
Memory bandwidth
- A5000
- 768 GB/s
- RTX 4090
- 1,010 GB/s
1.3x higher on RTX 4090
Cheapest on-demand
- A5000
- $0.23 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4090
- $0.30 /GPU/hr
23% cheaper on A5000
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A5000 | RTX 4090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.31 /GPU/hr from $0.23 | $0.41 /GPU/hr from $0.30 | 3.2x more expensive on A5000 |
| Reserved | $0.35 /GPU/hr from $0.25 (24 mo) | $0.48 /GPU/hr from $0.24 (48 mo) | 27% cheaper on A5000 |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.09 | $0.17 /GPU/hr from $0.13 |
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: 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 4090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A5000 | RTX 4090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6X | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 1,010 GB/s | 1.3x higher on RTX 4090 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 330.3 TFLOPS | RTX 4090 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 111.1 TFLOPS | 165.2 TFLOPS | 1.5x higher on RTX 4090 |
| INT8 | 660.6 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 27.8 TFLOPS | 82.6 TFLOPS | 3x higher on RTX 4090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A5000 only |
| Board power | 230 W | 450 W | 2x higher on RTX 4090 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q4 2022 | 2 years newer on RTX 4090 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A5000 datasheet and RTX 4090 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A5000 /GPU/hr | RTX 4090 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.23 | On-Demand $0.30 |
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.25 | On-Demand $0.33 |
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 | -- |
Lium
|
-- | On-Demand $0.30 |
GPU.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.33 |
Novita
|
-- | On-Demand $0.33 |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.34 |
Packet·ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.39 |
BreezeHost
|
-- | On-Demand $0.35 |
12 providers list the A5000 and 17 the RTX 4090. Every listing is on the A5000 page and the RTX 4090 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A5000 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4090 on Sept. 7, 2026.