Nvidia A100 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 6000

Nvidia A100 wins twice: it rents for 1.9x less per hour and still buys 1.2x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU1.2x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Memory bandwidth1.2x on the Nvidia A100
FP16 / BF16 dense1.6x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Board power2.0x on the Nvidia A100

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 PRO 6000
Cheapest listed $0.27 $0.50
Median across providers $1.38 $1.35
Most expensive listed $3.11 $2.19
Providers 12 9
Reporting stock 9 4
One month, 730 hours $195 $365

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A100 or the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A100 starts at $0.27 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 at $0.50. Nvidia A100 wins twice: it rents for 1.9x less per hour and still buys 1.2x more FP16 compute per dollar.

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 PRO 6000: 4 of 9 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.50 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A100: $195 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 6000: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.