Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada vs Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000

Both cards cost about the same per TFLOP of FP16, so pick on memory and availability, not price.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Memory bandwidth1.2x on the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
FP16 / BF16 dense2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Board power1.2x on the Nvidia RTX 5000 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 5000 Ada Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
Cheapest listed $0.27 $0.13
Median across providers $0.34 $0.41
Most expensive listed $0.49 $0.69
Providers 3 2
Reporting stock 2 0
One month, 730 hours $197 $95

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada or the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada starts at $0.27 per GPU hour and the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 at $0.13. Both cards cost about the same per TFLOP of FP16, so pick on memory and availability, not price.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.34 at Vast.ai. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000: 0 of 2 providers report stock.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada: $197 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000: $95 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.