Nvidia A30 vs Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada

Nvidia A30 wins twice: it rents for 2.7x less per hour and still buys 1.7x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Memory bandwidth1.6x on the Nvidia A30
FP16 / BF16 dense1.6x on the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Board power1.5x 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 5000 Ada
Cheapest listed $0.10 $0.27
Median across providers $0.22 $0.34
Most expensive listed $0.35 $0.49
Providers 2 3
Reporting stock 0 2
One month, 730 hours $73 $197

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A30 or the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A30 starts at $0.10 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada at $0.27. Nvidia A30 wins twice: it rents for 2.7x less per hour and still buys 1.7x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia A30: 0 of 2 providers report stock. Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.34 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A30: $73 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada: $197 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.