GPU Comparison
NVIDIA A100 PCIe vs NVIDIA RTX A6000.
Side-by-side comparison of specs, performance, and cloud rental pricing. NVIDIA RTX A6000 is the cheaper option at $0.70/hr.
TL;DR
Choose NVIDIA A100 PCIe if you need 80GB+ on a single GPU (32GB more than NVIDIA RTX A6000).
Choose NVIDIA RTX A6000 if you want the Ampere architecture or PCIe form factor.
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Ampere
NVIDIA A100 PCIe
$0.98/hr
$0.85-$1.10/hr range · 8 regions
VRAM80GB HBM2e
FP1678 TFLOPS
Bandwidth1.9 TB/s
Ampere
NVIDIA RTX A6000
$0.70/hrCheaper
$0.60-$0.80/hr range · 4 regions
VRAM48GB GDDR6
FP1677.4 TFLOPS
Bandwidth768 GB/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 PCIe
80 GB
NVIDIA RTX A6000
48 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA A100 PCIe
1.9 TB/s
NVIDIA RTX A6000
768 GB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA A100 PCIe
78 TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX A6000
77.4 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA A100 PCIe
$0.98/hr
NVIDIA RTX A6000
$0.70/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA A100 PCIeNVIDIA RTX A6000
ArchitectureAmpereAmpere
VRAM80 GB●48 GB
Memory TypeHBM2eGDDR6
Memory Bandwidth1.9 TB/s●768 GB/s
FP32 Performance19.5 TFLOPS38.7 TFLOPS●
FP16 Performance78 TFLOPS●77.4 TFLOPS
INT8 Performance624 TOPS●310 TOPS
TDP300 W300 W
Form FactorPCIePCIe
NVLinkNoYes
Max GPU/Node42
Hourly Price$0.98/hr$0.70/hr●
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