The Quadro RTX 6000 is newer and has 94% more bandwidth, with the same 24 GB of memory. The P40 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- P40
- 24 GB
- Quadro RTX 6000
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
94% higher on Quadro RTX 6000
- P40
- 346 GB/s
- Quadro RTX 6000
- 672 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
20% cheaper on P40
- P40
- $0.11 /GPU/hr
- Quadro RTX 6000
- $0.13 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | P40 | Quadro RTX 6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.11 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.13 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.12 (12 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | 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 and spot on the P40 and on-demand and reserved 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
P40 vs Quadro RTX 6000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | P40 | Quadro RTX 6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR5 | 24 GB GDDR6 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 346 GB/s | 672 GB/s | 94% higher on Quadro RTX 6000 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 130.5 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | 47 TOPS | 261 TOPS | 5.6x higher on Quadro RTX 6000 |
| FP32 | 12 TFLOPS | 16.3 TFLOPS | 36% higher on Quadro RTX 6000 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 100 GB/s | NVLink on Quadro RTX 6000 only |
| Board power | 250 W | 295 W | 18% higher on Quadro RTX 6000 |
| Released | Q3 2016 | Q3 2018 | 2 years newer on Quadro RTX 6000 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: P40 datasheet and Quadro RTX 6000 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 | Quadro RTX 6000 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.13 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Akamai Cloud
USA
|
-- | $1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lambda Labs
USA
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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Nvidia A10
24 GB GDDR6 · 73% more bandwidth than the P40
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Nvidia RTX A6000
48 GB GDDR6 · released Q4 2020
From $0.40 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia P40 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 on Sept. 14, 2026.