A data center GPU against a workstation card, one Pascal and one Turing: 8 GB GDDR5 against 8 GB GDDR6 and 2.2x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 4000.
At a glance
Memory
- P4
- 8 GB
- RTX 4000
- 8 GB
Identical
Memory bandwidth
- P4
- 192 GB/s
- RTX 4000
- 416 GB/s
2.2x higher on RTX 4000
Cheapest on-demand
- P4
- $0.65 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4000
- $0.56 /GPU/hr
14% cheaper on RTX 4000
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | P4 | RTX 4000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.65 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.56 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.34 (36 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.12 | 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 on-demand, reserved and spot on the P4 and on-demand on the RTX 4000: 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
P4 vs RTX 4000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | P4 | RTX 4000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR6 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 416 GB/s | 2.2x higher on RTX 4000 |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 256-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 57 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | 22 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 5.5 TFLOPS | 7.1 TFLOPS | 1.3x higher on RTX 4000 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 75 W | 160 W | 2.1x higher on RTX 4000 |
| Released | Q3 2016 | Q4 2018 | 2 years newer on RTX 4000 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: P4 datasheet and RTX 4000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | P4 /GPU/hr | RTX 4000 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Google Cloud
|
On-Demand $0.65 | -- |
Paperspace
|
-- | On-Demand $0.56 |
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Our data for Nvidia P4 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4000 on Sept. 7, 2026.