A30 vs Tesla T4
A30 starts at $0.35/GPU-hour on-demand; Tesla T4 starts at $0.35/GPU-hour on-demand. Compare the exact variants, memory and published specifications below. Peak compute figures do not establish application speed.
A30
Tesla T4
Spec sheet
| A30 | Tesla T4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Spec variant | A30 | Tesla T4 |
| Architecture | Ampere | Turing |
| VRAM (spec variant) | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 165 | 65 |
| Memory bandwidth | 933 GB/s | 320 GB/s |
| TDP | 165 W | 70 W |
| Interconnect | NVLink 200GB/s | PCIe Gen3 |
| Launched | 2021 | 2018 |
Rental price per manufacturer-rated FP16 compute: A30 $2.12 per PFLOP-hour vs Tesla T4 $5.38. Formula: cheapest $/hr ÷ dense FP16 PFLOPS (1 PFLOP = 1000 TFLOPS). This uses A30 and Tesla T4, whose datasheets may differ from the variants above. It is not measured job throughput. Specs: A30 manufacturer, Tesla T4 manufacturer.
What they cost to rent (2026-10-02)
| A30 | Tesla T4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest on-demand $/hr | $0.35 | $0.35 |
| Cheapest spot/community $/hr | – | $0.199 |
| Cheapest source | Massed Compute | Google Cloud |
| Providers offering it | 1 | 5 |
Lowest recorded on-demand rate per configuration; highlighted = cheaper. Spot/marketplace tiers shown on the individual pages.
FAQ
Both rent from $0.35 per GPU-hour on-demand updated 2026-10-02; choose on VRAM and performance instead.
The largest recorded A30 variant has 24 GB and the largest Tesla T4 variant has 16 GB. Other variants may have less memory. The A30 has more.
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