Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada vs Nvidia V100

Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada rents for 1.1x less per hour, but Nvidia V100 buys 1.1x 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 GPU1.6x on the Nvidia V100
Memory bandwidth2.5x on the Nvidia V100
FP16 / BF16 dense1.2x on the Nvidia V100
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 V100
Cheapest listed $0.16 $0.17
Median across providers $0.19 $0.39
Most expensive listed $0.79 $2.34
Providers 4 5
Reporting stock 2 2
One month, 730 hours $117 $124

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada or the Nvidia V100 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia V100 at $0.17. Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada rents for 1.1x less per hour, but Nvidia V100 buys 1.1x 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 V100: 2 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia V100: $124 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.