Nvidia RTX A6000 vs Nvidia V100

Nvidia V100 wins twice: it rents for 1.9x less per hour and still buys 1.5x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU1.5x on the Nvidia RTX A6000
Memory bandwidth1.2x on the Nvidia V100
FP16 / BF16 dense1.2x on the Nvidia RTX A6000
GPU interconnect2.7x on the Nvidia V100
Board poweridentical

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 V100
Cheapest listed $0.32 $0.17
Median across providers $0.57 $0.39
Most expensive listed $1.93 $2.34
Providers 7 5
Reporting stock 4 2
One month, 730 hours $234 $124

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX A6000 or the Nvidia V100 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX A6000 starts at $0.32 per GPU hour and the Nvidia V100 at $0.17. Nvidia V100 wins twice: it rents for 1.9x less per hour and still buys 1.5x 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 V100: 2 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX A6000: $234 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia V100: $124 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.