The RTX 5000 is newer and has 29% more bandwidth, while the P40 has 50% more memory. The P40 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
50% more on P40
- P40
- 24 GB
- RTX 5000
- 16 GB
Memory bandwidth
29% higher on RTX 5000
- P40
- 346 GB/s
- RTX 5000
- 448 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
16% cheaper on P40
- P40
- $0.08 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5000
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | P40 | RTX 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 | $0.60 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.09 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 |
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 and spot on the P40 and reserved and spot on the RTX 5000: 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
P40 vs RTX 5000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | P40 | RTX 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR5 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 50% more on P40 |
| Bandwidth | 346 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 29% higher on RTX 5000 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 50% wider on P40 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 89.2 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | 47 TOPS | 178.4 TOPS | 3.8x higher on RTX 5000 |
| FP32 | 12 TFLOPS | 11.2 TFLOPS | 7% higher on P40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 50 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 5000 only |
| Board power | 250 W | 265 W | 6% higher on RTX 5000 |
| Released | Q3 2016 | Q3 2018 | 2 years newer on RTX 5000 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: P40 datasheet and RTX 5000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | P40 | RTX 5000 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand |
OVH
France
|
-- | $0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Paperspace
USA
|
-- | $0.82 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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16 GB GDDR6 · 13% less bandwidth than the P40
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Nvidia A10
24 GB GDDR6 · 73% more bandwidth than the P40
From $0.23 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia A5000
24 GB GDDR6 · 71% more bandwidth than the RTX 5000
From $0.23 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
32 GB GDDR6 · 29% more bandwidth than the RTX 5000
From $0.49 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia P40 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5000 on Sept. 14, 2026.