Nvidia A5000 vs Nvidia B300

Nvidia A5000 wins twice: it rents for 36.8x less per hour and still buys 1.8x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU12.0x on the Nvidia B300
Memory bandwidth10.4x on the Nvidia B300
FP16 / BF16 dense20.3x on the Nvidia B300
GPU interconnect16.1x on the Nvidia B300
Board power4.8x 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 B300
Cheapest listed $0.16 $5.88
Median across providers $0.30 $7.71
Most expensive listed $1.42 $9.69
Providers 4 5
Reporting stock 2 3
One month, 730 hours $117 $4,292

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A5000 or the Nvidia B300 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A5000 starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia B300 at $5.88. Nvidia A5000 wins twice: it rents for 36.8x less per hour and still buys 1.8x 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 B300: 3 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $5.88 at Lium.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A5000: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia B300: $4,292 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.