Nvidia RTX A6000 vs Nvidia B200

Nvidia RTX A6000 rents for 11.7x less per hour, but Nvidia B200 buys 1.2x 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 GPU3.8x on the Nvidia B200
Memory bandwidth10.0x on the Nvidia B200
FP16 / BF16 dense14.5x on the Nvidia B200
GPU interconnect16.1x on the Nvidia B200
Board power3.3x on the Nvidia RTX A6000

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 RTX A6000 Nvidia B200
Cheapest listed $0.32 $3.74
Median across providers $0.57 $5.31
Most expensive listed $1.93 $6.69
Providers 7 7
Reporting stock 4 3
One month, 730 hours $234 $2,730

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX A6000 or the Nvidia B200 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX A6000 starts at $0.32 per GPU hour and the Nvidia B200 at $3.74. Nvidia RTX A6000 rents for 11.7x less per hour, but Nvidia B200 buys 1.2x 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 RTX A6000: 4 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.32 at Lium. Nvidia B200: 3 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $4.25 at Lium.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX A6000: $234 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia B200: $2,730 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.