Nvidia A5000 vs Nvidia B200

Nvidia A5000 wins twice: it rents for 23.4x less per hour and still buys 1.2x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU7.5x on the Nvidia B200
Memory bandwidth10.0x on the Nvidia B200
FP16 / BF16 dense20.3x on the Nvidia B200
GPU interconnect16.1x on the Nvidia B200
Board power4.3x on the Nvidia A5000

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 A5000 Nvidia B200
Cheapest listed $0.16 $3.74
Median across providers $0.30 $5.31
Most expensive listed $1.42 $6.69
Providers 4 7
Reporting stock 2 3
One month, 730 hours $117 $2,730

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A5000 or the Nvidia B200 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A5000 starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia B200 at $3.74. Nvidia A5000 wins twice: it rents for 23.4x less per hour and still buys 1.2x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia A5000: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.16 at Runpod. Nvidia B200: 3 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $4.25 at Lium.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A5000: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia B200: $2,730 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.