Nvidia A5000 vs Nvidia RTX 2080

Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 1.3x less per hour, but Nvidia A5000 buys 2.1x 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 GPU3.0x on the Nvidia A5000
Memory bandwidth1.7x on the Nvidia A5000
FP16 / BF16 dense2.8x on the Nvidia A5000
GPU interconnect2.2x on the Nvidia A5000
Board power1.1x on the Nvidia RTX 2080

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 RTX 2080
Cheapest listed $0.16 $0.12
Median across providers $0.30 $0.43
Most expensive listed $1.42 $0.74
Providers 4 2
Reporting stock 2 1
One month, 730 hours $117 $89

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A5000 or the Nvidia RTX 2080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A5000 starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 2080 at $0.12. Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 1.3x less per hour, but Nvidia A5000 buys 2.1x 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 A5000: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.16 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 2080: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.12 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A5000: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 2080: $89 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.