The RTX A6000 has 2x the memory and 2.6x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on RTX A6000
- RTX A6000
- 48 GB
- L4
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.6x higher on RTX A6000
- RTX A6000
- 768 GB/s
- L4
- 300 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
23% cheaper on L4
- RTX A6000
- $0.35 /GPU/hr
- L4
- $0.27 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX A6000 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.56 /GPU/hr from $0.35 | $0.88 /GPU/hr from $0.27 | 35% cheaper on RTX A6000 |
| Reserved | $0.48 /GPU/hr from $0.26 (6 mo) | $0.51 /GPU/hr from $0.27 (1 mo) | Within 5% |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.13 | $0.29 /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 RTX A6000: 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
RTX A6000 vs L4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX A6000 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on RTX A6000 |
| Bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 300 GB/s | 2.6x higher on RTX A6000 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 192-bit | 2x wider on RTX A6000 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 242 TFLOPS | L4 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 154.8 TFLOPS | 121 TFLOPS | 28% higher on RTX A6000 |
| INT8 | 309.7 TOPS | 242 TOPS | 28% higher on RTX A6000 |
| FP32 | 38.7 TFLOPS | 30.3 TFLOPS | 28% higher on RTX A6000 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on RTX A6000 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 72 W | 4.2x higher on RTX A6000 |
| Released | Q4 2020 | Q1 2023 | 2 years newer on L4 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX A6000 datasheet and L4 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | RTX A6000 | L4 |
|---|---|---|
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.27 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.32 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.04 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
$0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
$0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Oblivus
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Jarvislabs
India
|
-- | $0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Scaleway
France
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Hexabyte
Sweden
|
-- | $0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Leaseweb
Netherlands
|
-- | $0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand |
21 providers list the RTX A6000 and 21 the L4. Every listing is on the RTX A6000 page and the L4 page.
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Our data for Nvidia RTX A6000 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L4 on Sept. 14, 2026.