Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada vs Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000

Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 wins twice: it rents for 1.2x 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 GPU1.2x on the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
Memory bandwidth1.9x on the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
FP16 / BF16 dense1.2x on the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
Board power2.3x on the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada

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 4000 Ada Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
Cheapest listed $0.16 $0.13
Median across providers $0.19 $0.41
Most expensive listed $0.79 $0.69
Providers 4 2
Reporting stock 2 0
One month, 730 hours $117 $95

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada or the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 at $0.13. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 wins twice: it rents for 1.2x less per hour and still buys 1.5x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Vast.ai. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000: 0 of 2 providers report stock.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000: $95 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.