RTX A5000 vs RTX A6000
RTX A5000 starts at $0.27/GPU-hour on-demand; RTX A6000 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.
RTX A5000
RTX A6000
Spec sheet
| RTX A5000 | RTX A6000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Spec variant | RTX A5000 | RTX A6000 |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| VRAM (spec variant) | 24 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 111 | 155 |
| Memory bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 768 GB/s |
| TDP | 230 W | 300 W |
| Interconnect | NVLink 112.5GB/s | NVLink 112.5GB/s |
| Launched | 2021 | 2020 |
Rental price per manufacturer-rated FP16 compute: RTX A5000 $2.43 per PFLOP-hour vs RTX A6000 $2.26. Formula: cheapest $/hr ÷ dense FP16 PFLOPS (1 PFLOP = 1000 TFLOPS). This uses RTX A5000 and RTX A6000, whose datasheets may differ from the variants above. It is not measured job throughput. Specs: RTX A5000 manufacturer, RTX A6000 manufacturer.
What they cost to rent (2026-10-02)
| RTX A5000 | RTX A6000 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest on-demand $/hr | $0.27 | $0.35 |
| Cheapest spot/community $/hr | $0.16 | $0.33 |
| Cheapest source | RunPod | Thunder Compute |
| Providers offering it | 2 | 8 |
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 A6000 from $0.35 on-demand, updated 2026-10-02.
The largest recorded RTX A5000 variant has 24 GB and the largest RTX A6000 variant has 48 GB. Other variants may have less memory. The RTX A6000 has more.
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