Nvidia A10 vs Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000

Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 wins twice: it rents for 1.5x less per hour and still buys 1.6x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPUidentical
Memory bandwidth1.1x on the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
FP16 / BF16 dense1.0x on the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
Board power2.0x 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 Quadro RTX 6000
Cheapest listed $0.20 $0.13
Median across providers $0.24 $0.41
Most expensive listed $1.29 $0.69
Providers 3 2
Reporting stock 1 0
One month, 730 hours $146 $95

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A10 or the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A10 starts at $0.20 per GPU hour and the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 at $0.13. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 wins twice: it rents for 1.5x less per hour and still buys 1.6x more FP16 compute per dollar.

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 Quadro RTX 6000: 0 of 2 providers report stock.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A10: $146 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000: $95 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.