Nvidia A5000 vs Nvidia RTX 4070

Nvidia RTX 4070 wins twice: it rents for 2.3x 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 GPU2.0x on the Nvidia A5000
Memory bandwidth1.5x on the Nvidia A5000
FP16 / BF16 dense1.9x on the Nvidia A5000
Board power1.1x on the Nvidia RTX 4070

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 4070
Cheapest listed $0.16 $0.07
Median across providers $0.30 $0.07
Most expensive listed $1.42 $0.08
Providers 4 2
Reporting stock 2 1
One month, 730 hours $117 $50

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A5000 or the Nvidia RTX 4070 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A5000 starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4070 at $0.07. Nvidia RTX 4070 wins twice: it rents for 2.3x 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 RTX 4070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.07 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A5000: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4070: $50 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.