The RTX 5090 is newer, with 33% more memory and 2.3x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
33% more on RTX 5090
- A5000
- 24 GB
- RTX 5090
- 32 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.3x higher on RTX 5090
- A5000
- 768 GB/s
- RTX 5090
- 1,792 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
50% cheaper on A5000
- A5000
- $0.17 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5090
- $0.35 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A5000 | RTX 5090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.31 /GPU/hr from $0.17 | $0.66 /GPU/hr from $0.35 | 50% cheaper on RTX 5090 |
| Reserved | $0.35 /GPU/hr from $0.25 (24 mo) | $0.59 /GPU/hr from $0.21 (1 mo) | 41% cheaper on A5000 |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.09 | $0.47 /GPU/hr from $0.25 |
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 5090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A5000 | RTX 5090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 32 GB GDDR7 | 33% more on RTX 5090 |
| Bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 1,792 GB/s | 2.3x higher on RTX 5090 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 512-bit | 33% wider on RTX 5090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 1,676 TFLOPS | RTX 5090 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 419 TFLOPS | RTX 5090 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 111.1 TFLOPS | 209.5 TFLOPS | 89% higher on RTX 5090 |
| INT8 | 838 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 27.8 TFLOPS | 104.8 TFLOPS | 3.8x higher on RTX 5090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A5000 only |
| Board power | 230 W | 575 W | 2.5x higher on RTX 5090 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q1 2025 | 4 years newer on RTX 5090 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A5000 datasheet and RTX 5090 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 | RTX 5090 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
$1.56 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | $0.77 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Sesterce
France
|
$1.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Exoscale
Switzerland
|
$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Paperspace
USA
|
$1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Database Mart
USA
|
$0.25 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
Utho
India
|
$0.29 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Nova Cloud
Canada
|
-- | $0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
12 providers list the A5000 and 21 the RTX 5090. Every listing is on the A5000 page and the RTX 5090 page.
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Nvidia A4000
16 GB GDDR6 · 42% less bandwidth than the A5000
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Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
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From $0.66 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X · 44% less bandwidth than the RTX 5090
From $0.33 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A5000 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5090 on Sept. 14, 2026.