Two Nvidia workstation GPUs, one Maxwell and one Ada Lovelace: 8 GB GDDR5 against 32 GB GDDR6 and 3x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 5000 Ada.
At a glance
Updated 6 minutes ago- Memory
- 8 GB
- GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth
- 192 GB/s
- From
- $0.45 /GPU/hr
- 1 provider
- Memory
- 32 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 576 GB/s
- From
- $2.12 /GPU/hr
- 2 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | M4000 | RTX 5000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.45 | $2.12 | 4.7x more expensive on RTX 5000 Ada |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.36 | |
| Median | $0.45 | $2.12 | 4.7x more expensive on RTX 5000 Ada |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
M4000 vs RTX 5000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | M4000 | RTX 5000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR5 | 32 GB GDDR6 | 4x more on RTX 5000 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 576 GB/s | 3x higher on RTX 5000 Ada |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 256-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 522.2 TFLOPS | RTX 5000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | Not supported | 261.1 TFLOPS | RTX 5000 Ada only |
| FP32 | 2.6 TFLOPS | 65.3 TFLOPS | 25x higher on RTX 5000 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 120 W | 250 W | 2.1x higher on RTX 5000 Ada |
| Released | Q2 2015 | Q3 2023 | 8 years newer on RTX 5000 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP32 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: M4000 datasheet and RTX 5000 Ada datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | M4000 /GPU/hr | RTX 5000 Ada /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Paperspace
|
On-Demand $0.45 | -- |
Vast.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $2.12 |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.49 |
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Our data for Nvidia M4000 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada on Sept. 7, 2026.