GPU Comparison
NVIDIA A100 SXM vs NVIDIA RTX 5090.
Side-by-side comparison of specs, performance, and cloud rental pricing. NVIDIA RTX 5090 is the cheaper option at $0.55/hr.
TL;DR
Choose NVIDIA A100 SXM if you need 80GB+ on a single GPU (48GB more than NVIDIA RTX 5090).
Choose NVIDIA RTX 5090 if you need raw FP16 throughput (221% faster than NVIDIA A100 SXM).
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Ampere
NVIDIA A100 SXM
$1.05/hr
$0.92-$1.18/hr range · 9 regions
VRAM80GB HBM2e
FP1678 TFLOPS
Bandwidth2.0 TB/s
Blackwell
NVIDIA RTX 5090
$0.55/hrCheaper
$0.45-$0.65/hr range · 3 regions
VRAM32GB GDDR7
FP16250 TFLOPS
Bandwidth1.8 TB/s
At a glance
Spec by spec.
Visual comparison across the four specs that matter most for AI workloads. Green bar marks the winner.
VRAM
NVIDIA A100 SXM
80 GB
NVIDIA RTX 5090
32 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA A100 SXM
2.0 TB/s
NVIDIA RTX 5090
1.8 TB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA A100 SXM
78 TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX 5090
250 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA A100 SXM
$1.05/hr
NVIDIA RTX 5090
$0.55/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA A100 SXMNVIDIA RTX 5090
ArchitectureAmpereBlackwell
VRAM80 GB●32 GB
Memory TypeHBM2eGDDR7
Memory Bandwidth2.0 TB/s●1.8 TB/s
FP32 Performance19.5 TFLOPS125 TFLOPS●
FP16 Performance78 TFLOPS250 TFLOPS●
INT8 Performance624 TOPS1000 TOPS●
TDP400 W575 W
Form FactorSXMConsumer
NVLinkYesNo
Max GPU/Node82
Hourly Price$1.05/hr$0.55/hr●
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