Nvidia A30 vs Nvidia RTX 4070

Nvidia RTX 4070 rents for 1.5x less per hour, but Nvidia A30 buys 2.0x 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 GPU2.0x on the Nvidia A30
Memory bandwidth1.9x on the Nvidia A30
FP16 / BF16 dense2.8x on the Nvidia A30
Board power1.2x on the Nvidia A30

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 A30 Nvidia RTX 4070
Cheapest listed $0.10 $0.07
Median across providers $0.22 $0.07
Most expensive listed $0.35 $0.08
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 0 1
One month, 730 hours $73 $50

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A30 or the Nvidia RTX 4070 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A30 starts at $0.10 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4070 at $0.07. Nvidia RTX 4070 rents for 1.5x less per hour, but Nvidia A30 buys 2.0x 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 A30: 0 of 2 providers report stock. Nvidia RTX 4070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.07 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A30: $73 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4070: $50 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.