Nvidia A40 vs Nvidia RTX 2060

Nvidia RTX 2060 rents for 3.0x less per hour, but Nvidia A40 buys 1.9x 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 GPU8.0x on the Nvidia A40
Memory bandwidth2.1x on the Nvidia A40
FP16 / BF16 dense5.8x on the Nvidia A40
Board power1.9x on the Nvidia RTX 2060

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 A40 Nvidia RTX 2060
Cheapest listed $0.12 $0.04
Median across providers $0.73 $0.04
Most expensive listed $1.86 $0.05
Providers 4 2
Reporting stock 2 1
One month, 730 hours $88 $29

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A40 or the Nvidia RTX 2060 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A40 starts at $0.12 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 2060 at $0.04. Nvidia RTX 2060 rents for 3.0x less per hour, but Nvidia A40 buys 1.9x 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 A40: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.35 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 2060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A40: $88 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 2060: $29 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.