The RTX 6000 Ada is newer, with 2x the memory and 43% more bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on RTX 6000 Ada
- Quadro RTX 6000
- 24 GB
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
43% higher on RTX 6000 Ada
- Quadro RTX 6000
- 672 GB/s
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
68% cheaper on RTX 6000 Ada
- Quadro RTX 6000
- $1.50 /GPU/hr
- RTX 6000 Ada
- $0.48 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | Quadro RTX 6000 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $1.50 | $0.86 /GPU/hr from $0.48 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.55 (6 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.35 |
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 and reserved and spot on the RTX 6000 Ada: 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
Quadro RTX 6000 vs RTX 6000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | Quadro RTX 6000 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 672 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 43% higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 728.5 TFLOPS | RTX 6000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 130.5 TFLOPS | 364.2 TFLOPS | 2.8x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| INT8 | 261 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 16.3 TFLOPS | 91.1 TFLOPS | 5.6x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 100 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on Quadro RTX 6000 only |
| Board power | 295 W | 300 W | Within 5% |
| Released | Q3 2018 | Q4 2022 | 4 years newer on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: Quadro RTX 6000 datasheet and RTX 6000 Ada 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 | Quadro RTX 6000 | RTX 6000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
Akamai Cloud
USA
|
$1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lambda Labs
USA
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.48 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.84 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand |
2 providers list the Quadro RTX 6000 and 14 the RTX 6000 Ada. Every listing is on the Quadro RTX 6000 page and the RTX 6000 Ada page.
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Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX A6000
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Nvidia L40S
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Nvidia RTX 5880 Ada
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From $0.49 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.