Nvidia RTX A6000 vs Nvidia GTX 1660

Nvidia GTX 1660 rents for 4.6x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX A6000 buys 3.4x 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 GPU8.0x on the Nvidia RTX A6000
Memory bandwidth4.0x on the Nvidia RTX A6000
FP16 / BF16 dense15.3x on the Nvidia RTX A6000
Board power2.5x on the Nvidia GTX 1660

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 GTX 1660
Cheapest listed $0.32 $0.07
Median across providers $0.57 $0.07
Most expensive listed $1.93 $0.07
Providers 7 2
Reporting stock 4 1
One month, 730 hours $234 $51

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX A6000 or the Nvidia GTX 1660 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX A6000 starts at $0.32 per GPU hour and the Nvidia GTX 1660 at $0.07. Nvidia GTX 1660 rents for 4.6x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX A6000 buys 3.4x 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 GTX 1660: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.07 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX A6000: $234 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia GTX 1660: $51 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.