Two Nvidia workstation GPUs, one Ada Lovelace and one Turing: 48 GB GDDR6 against 24 GB GDDR6, 43% more memory bandwidth on the RTX 5880 Ada, and NVLink 100 GB/s on the Quadro RTX 6000 where the RTX 5880 Ada is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- RTX 5880 Ada
- 48 GB
- Quadro RTX 6000
- 24 GB
2x more on RTX 5880 Ada
Memory bandwidth
- RTX 5880 Ada
- 960 GB/s
- Quadro RTX 6000
- 672 GB/s
1.4x higher on RTX 5880 Ada
Cheapest on-demand
- RTX 5880 Ada
- --
- Quadro RTX 6000
- $1.50 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 5880 Ada | Quadro RTX 6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | No on-demand listings | -- /GPU/hr from $1.50 |
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 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
RTX 5880 Ada vs Quadro RTX 6000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 5880 Ada | Quadro RTX 6000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 960 GB/s | 672 GB/s | 1.4x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 554.2 TFLOPS | Not supported | RTX 5880 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 277.1 TFLOPS | 130.5 TFLOPS | 2.1x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| INT8 | 261 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 69.3 TFLOPS | 16.3 TFLOPS | 4.3x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 100 GB/s | NVLink on Quadro RTX 6000 only |
| Board power | 285 W | 295 W | Within 5% |
| Released | Q1 2024 | Q3 2018 | 5 years newer on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 5880 Ada datasheet and Quadro RTX 6000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | RTX 5880 Ada /GPU/hr | Quadro RTX 6000 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Akamai Cloud
|
-- | On-Demand $1.50 |
Lambda Labs
|
-- | On-Demand $0.69 |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 5880 Ada was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 on Sept. 7, 2026.