RTX A5000 vs RTX 6000 Ada
RTX A5000 starts at $0.27/GPU-hour on-demand; RTX 6000 Ada starts at $0.75/GPU-hour on-demand. Compare the exact variants, memory and published specifications below. Peak compute figures do not establish application speed.
RTX A5000
RTX 6000 Ada
Spec sheet
| RTX A5000 | RTX 6000 Ada | |
|---|---|---|
| Spec variant | RTX A5000 | RTX 6000 Ada |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| VRAM (spec variant) | 24 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 111 | 364 |
| Memory bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 960 GB/s |
| TDP | 230 W | 300 W |
| Interconnect | NVLink 112.5GB/s | PCIe Gen4 |
| Launched | 2021 | 2022 |
Rental price per manufacturer-rated FP16 compute: RTX A5000 $2.43 per PFLOP-hour vs RTX 6000 Ada $2.06. Formula: cheapest $/hr ÷ dense FP16 PFLOPS (1 PFLOP = 1000 TFLOPS). This uses RTX A5000 and RTX 6000 Ada, whose datasheets may differ from the variants above. It is not measured job throughput. Specs: RTX A5000 manufacturer, RTX 6000 Ada manufacturer.
What they cost to rent (2026-10-02)
| RTX A5000 | RTX 6000 Ada | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest on-demand $/hr | $0.27 | $0.75 |
| Cheapest spot/community $/hr | $0.16 | $0.74 |
| Cheapest source | RunPod | TensorDock |
| Providers offering it | 2 | 6 |
Lowest recorded on-demand rate per configuration; highlighted = cheaper. Spot/marketplace tiers shown on the individual pages.
FAQ
RTX A5000 is cheaper: the RTX A5000 rents from $0.27 per GPU-hour and the RTX 6000 Ada from $0.75 on-demand, updated 2026-10-02.
The largest recorded RTX A5000 variant has 24 GB and the largest RTX 6000 Ada variant has 48 GB. Other variants may have less memory. The RTX 6000 Ada has more.
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