Nvidia RTX 5090 vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada

Nvidia RTX 5090 rents for 1.6x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada 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 GPU1.5x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Memory bandwidth1.9x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
FP16 / BF16 dense1.7x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
FP8 dense1.7x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Board power1.9x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 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 5090 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Cheapest listed $0.28 $0.45
Median across providers $0.65 $0.74
Most expensive listed $0.70 $1.57
Providers 5 7
Reporting stock 4 4
One month, 730 hours $206 $329

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 5090 or the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 5090 starts at $0.28 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada at $0.45. Nvidia RTX 5090 rents for 1.6x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada 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 5090: 4 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.28 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada: 4 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.45 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 5090: $206 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada: $329 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.