Nvidia A100 vs Nvidia RTX 3070

Nvidia RTX 3070 rents for 5.1x less per hour, but Nvidia A100 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 GPU10.0x on the Nvidia A100
Memory bandwidth4.3x on the Nvidia A100
FP16 / BF16 dense7.7x on the Nvidia A100
Board power1.4x on the Nvidia RTX 3070

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 A100 Nvidia RTX 3070
Cheapest listed $0.27 $0.05
Median across providers $1.38 $0.07
Most expensive listed $3.11 $0.13
Providers 12 3
Reporting stock 9 2
One month, 730 hours $195 $39

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A100 or the Nvidia RTX 3070 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A100 starts at $0.27 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3070 at $0.05. Nvidia RTX 3070 rents for 5.1x less per hour, but Nvidia A100 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 A100: 9 of 12 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.27 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 3070: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A100: $195 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3070: $39 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.