Nvidia A16 vs Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti

Nvidia A16 rents for 1.0x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti buys 4.4x 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 A16
Memory bandwidth2.5x on the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti
FP16 / BF16 dense4.5x on the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti

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 A16 Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti
Cheapest listed $0.11 $0.11
Median across providers $0.31 $0.15
Most expensive listed $0.51 $0.19
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 2 1
One month, 730 hours $79 $80

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A16 or the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A16 starts at $0.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti at $0.11. Nvidia A16 rents for 1.0x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti buys 4.4x 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 A16: 2 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.11 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A16: $79 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti: $80 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.