Nvidia A5000 vs Nvidia V100

Nvidia A5000 rents for 1.1x less per hour, but Nvidia V100 buys 1.1x 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 GPU1.3x on the Nvidia V100
Memory bandwidth1.2x on the Nvidia V100
FP16 / BF16 dense1.1x on the Nvidia V100
GPU interconnect2.7x on the Nvidia V100
Board power1.3x 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 V100
Cheapest listed $0.16 $0.17
Median across providers $0.30 $0.39
Most expensive listed $1.42 $2.34
Providers 4 5
Reporting stock 2 2
One month, 730 hours $117 $124

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A5000 or the Nvidia V100 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A5000 starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia V100 at $0.17. Nvidia A5000 rents for 1.1x less per hour, but Nvidia V100 buys 1.1x 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 V100: 2 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A5000: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia V100: $124 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.