Nvidia A4000 vs Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000

Nvidia A4000 rents for 1.1x less per hour, but Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 buys 1.6x 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 GPU1.5x on the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
Memory bandwidth1.5x on the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
FP16 / BF16 dense1.7x on the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
Board power2.1x on the Nvidia A4000

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 A4000 Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
Cheapest listed $0.12 $0.13
Median across providers $0.16 $0.41
Most expensive listed $0.80 $0.69
Providers 4 2
Reporting stock 2 0
One month, 730 hours $88 $95

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A4000 or the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A4000 starts at $0.12 per GPU hour and the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 at $0.13. Nvidia A4000 rents for 1.1x less per hour, but Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 buys 1.6x 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 A4000: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.17 at Runpod. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000: 0 of 2 providers report stock.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A4000: $88 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000: $95 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.