Nvidia RTX A6000 vs Nvidia RTX 3070

Nvidia RTX 3070 wins twice: it rents for 6.0x less per hour and still buys 1.6x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU6.0x on the Nvidia RTX A6000
Memory bandwidth1.7x on the Nvidia RTX A6000
FP16 / BF16 dense3.8x on the Nvidia RTX A6000
Board power1.4x on the Nvidia RTX 3070

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 RTX 3070
Cheapest listed $0.32 $0.05
Median across providers $0.57 $0.07
Most expensive listed $1.93 $0.13
Providers 7 3
Reporting stock 4 2
One month, 730 hours $234 $39

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX A6000 or the Nvidia RTX 3070 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX A6000 starts at $0.32 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3070 at $0.05. Nvidia RTX 3070 wins twice: it rents for 6.0x less per hour and still buys 1.6x more FP16 compute per dollar.

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 RTX 3070: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX A6000: $234 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3070: $39 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.