Nvidia A16 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 5000

Nvidia A16 rents for 3.1x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 buys 4.6x 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 GPU3.0x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000
Memory bandwidth6.7x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000
FP16 / BF16 dense14.4x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000

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 PRO 5000
Cheapest listed $0.11 $0.34
Median across providers $0.31 $0.67
Most expensive listed $0.51 $0.82
Providers 2 3
Reporting stock 2 2
One month, 730 hours $79 $245

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A16 or the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A16 starts at $0.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 at $0.34. Nvidia A16 rents for 3.1x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 buys 4.6x 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 PRO 5000: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.34 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A16: $79 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 5000: $245 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.