Two Nvidia workstation GPUs, one Ampere and one Turing: 48 GB GDDR6 against 24 GB GDDR6 and 14% more memory bandwidth on the RTX A6000.
At a glance
Memory
- RTX A6000
- 48 GB
- Quadro RTX 6000
- 24 GB
2x more on RTX A6000
Memory bandwidth
- RTX A6000
- 768 GB/s
- Quadro RTX 6000
- 672 GB/s
1.1x higher on RTX A6000
Cheapest on-demand
- RTX A6000
- $0.35 /GPU/hr
- Quadro RTX 6000
- $1.50 /GPU/hr
4.3x more expensive on Quadro RTX 6000
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX A6000 | Quadro RTX 6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.56 /GPU/hr from $0.35 | -- /GPU/hr from $1.50 | |
| Reserved | $0.54 /GPU/hr from $0.35 | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.40 | 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 spot on the RTX A6000 and on-demand on the Quadro RTX 6000: 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 Quadro RTX 6000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX A6000 | Quadro RTX 6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on RTX A6000 |
| Bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 672 GB/s | 1.1x higher on RTX A6000 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 154.8 TFLOPS | 130.5 TFLOPS | 1.2x higher on RTX A6000 |
| INT8 | 309.7 TOPS | 261 TOPS | 1.2x higher on RTX A6000 |
| FP32 | 38.7 TFLOPS | 16.3 TFLOPS | 2.4x higher on RTX A6000 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | NVLink 100 GB/s | 1.1x higher on RTX A6000 |
| Board power | 300 W | 295 W | Within 5% |
| Released | Q4 2020 | Q3 2018 | 2 years newer on RTX A6000 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX A6000 datasheet and Quadro RTX 6000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | RTX A6000 /GPU/hr | Quadro RTX 6000 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Thunder Compute
|
On-Demand $0.35 | -- |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.40 | -- |
Spheron
|
On-Demand $0.54 | -- |
Oblivus
|
On-Demand $0.55 | -- |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $0.55 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.55 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $0.57 | -- |
Koyeb
|
On-Demand $0.75 | -- |
Akamai Cloud
|
-- | On-Demand $1.50 |
Lambda Labs
|
-- | On-Demand $0.69 |
19 providers list the RTX A6000 and 2 the Quadro RTX 6000. Every listing is on the RTX A6000 page and the Quadro RTX 6000 page.
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Our data for Nvidia RTX A6000 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 on Sept. 7, 2026.