Nvidia A10 vs Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada

Nvidia A10 rents for 1.4x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada buys 1.5x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Memory bandwidth1.0x on the Nvidia A10
FP16 / BF16 dense2.1x on the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Board power1.7x on the Nvidia A10

Figures are the vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia A10 Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Cheapest listed $0.20 $0.27
Median across providers $0.24 $0.34
Most expensive listed $1.29 $0.49
Providers 3 3
Reporting stock 1 2
One month, 730 hours $146 $197

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A10 or the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A10 starts at $0.20 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada at $0.27. Nvidia A10 rents for 1.4x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada buys 1.5x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia A10: 1 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.24 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.34 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A10: $146 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada: $197 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.