Nvidia RTX 2060 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 5000

Nvidia RTX 2060 rents for 8.4x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 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 GPU8.0x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000
Memory bandwidth4.0x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000
FP16 / BF16 dense10.0x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000
Board power1.9x on the Nvidia RTX 2060

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 2060 Nvidia RTX PRO 5000
Cheapest listed $0.04 $0.34
Median across providers $0.04 $0.67
Most expensive listed $0.05 $0.82
Providers 2 3
Reporting stock 1 2
One month, 730 hours $29 $245

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 2060 or the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 2060 starts at $0.04 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 at $0.34. Nvidia RTX 2060 rents for 8.4x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 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 2060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX PRO 5000: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.34 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 2060: $29 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 5000: $245 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.