Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada vs Nvidia RTX PRO 6000

Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada rents for 3.1x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 buys 1.5x 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 GPU4.8x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Memory bandwidth4.4x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
FP16 / BF16 dense4.7x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
FP8 dense4.7x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Board power4.6x 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 RTX PRO 6000
Cheapest listed $0.16 $0.50
Median across providers $0.19 $1.35
Most expensive listed $0.79 $2.19
Providers 4 9
Reporting stock 2 4
One month, 730 hours $117 $365

Frequently asked questions

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

The Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 at $0.50. Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada rents for 3.1x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 buys 1.5x 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 4000 Ada: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX PRO 6000: 4 of 9 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.50 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 6000: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.