Nvidia A30 vs Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000

Nvidia A30 wins twice: it rents for 1.3x less per hour and still buys 1.6x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPUidentical
Memory bandwidth1.4x on the Nvidia A30
FP16 / BF16 dense1.3x on the Nvidia A30
Board power1.8x 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 Quadro RTX 6000
Cheapest listed $0.10 $0.13
Median across providers $0.22 $0.41
Most expensive listed $0.35 $0.69
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 0 0
One month, 730 hours $73 $95

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A30 or the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A30 starts at $0.10 per GPU hour and the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 at $0.13. Nvidia A30 wins twice: it rents for 1.3x less per hour and still buys 1.6x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia A30: 0 of 2 providers report stock. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000: 0 of 2 providers report stock.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A30: $73 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000: $95 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.