Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada

Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 wins twice: it rents for 3.5x less per hour and still buys 1.2x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Memory bandwidth1.4x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
FP16 / BF16 dense2.8x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Board power1.0x on the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000

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 Quadro RTX 6000 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Cheapest listed $0.13 $0.45
Median across providers $0.41 $0.74
Most expensive listed $0.69 $1.57
Providers 2 7
Reporting stock 0 4
One month, 730 hours $95 $329

Frequently asked questions

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

The Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 starts at $0.13 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada at $0.45. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 wins twice: it rents for 3.5x less per hour and still buys 1.2x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000: 0 of 2 providers report stock. 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 Quadro RTX 6000: $95 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada: $329 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.