The RTX 5000 has 2x the memory and 40% more bandwidth. The RTX 5050 is newer and cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on RTX 5000
- RTX 5000
- 16 GB
- RTX 5050
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
40% higher on RTX 5000
- RTX 5000
- 448 GB/s
- RTX 5050
- 320 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
88% cheaper on RTX 5050
- RTX 5000
- $0.60 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5050
- $0.07 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 5000 | RTX 5050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.60 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 |
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 on the RTX 5000 and on-demand and spot on the RTX 5050: 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 5000 vs RTX 5050 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 5000 | RTX 5050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on RTX 5000 |
| Bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 320 GB/s | 40% higher on RTX 5000 |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 128-bit | 2x wider on RTX 5000 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 210.5 TFLOPS | RTX 5050 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 52.6 TFLOPS | RTX 5050 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 89.2 TFLOPS | 26.3 TFLOPS | 3.4x higher on RTX 5000 |
| INT8 | 178.4 TOPS | 105.3 TOPS | 69% higher on RTX 5000 |
| FP32 | 11.2 TFLOPS | 13.2 TFLOPS | 18% higher on RTX 5050 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 50 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on RTX 5000 only |
| Board power | 265 W | 130 W | 2x higher on RTX 5000 |
| Released | Q3 2018 | Q3 2025 | 7 years newer on RTX 5050 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 5000 datasheet and RTX 5050 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. No provider we track offers both right now.
| Provider | RTX 5000 | RTX 5050 |
|---|---|---|
OVH
France
|
$0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Paperspace
USA
|
$0.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.07 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia A5000
24 GB GDDR6 · 71% more bandwidth than the RTX 5000
On-demand from $0.19 /GPU/hr -
Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
24 GB GDDR6 · 50% more bandwidth than the RTX 5000
On-demand from $0.32 /GPU/hr
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Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
32 GB GDDR6 · 29% more bandwidth than the RTX 5000
On-demand from $0.49 /GPU/hr
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Nvidia RTX 5060
8 GB GDDR7 · 40% more bandwidth than the RTX 5050
On-demand from $0.12 /GPU/hr
Our data for Nvidia RTX 5000 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5050 on Nov. 13, 2026.