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RTX A6000 vs RTX 6000 Ada
Cloud rental price, compute per dollar and specs, side by side.
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RTX A6000$0.33lowest on-demand per GPU·h
$2.13 per PFLOP·h · 11 providersRTX 6000 Ada$0.60lowest on-demand per GPU·h
$1.65 per PFLOP·h · 6 providersWhat actually differs
- The RTX 6000 Ada has 2.4× more dense FP16/BF16 throughput than the RTX A6000 (0.155 PF vs 0.364 PF).
- The RTX 6000 Ada has 1.3× more memory bandwidth than the RTX A6000 (768 vs 960 GB/s), which usually limits LLM token generation. Memory: 48 GB vs 48 GB.
- Only the RTX 6000 Ada has native FP8 tensor cores.
- The RTX A6000 is 45% cheaper per hour than the RTX 6000 Ada at the lowest on-demand prices ($0.33 vs $0.60).
- Per unit of compute, the RTX 6000 Ada is the better deal: $1.65 vs $2.13 per PFLOP-hour of dense FP16/BF16.
| Spec / price | RTX A6000 | RTX 6000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | 48 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 960 GB/sbetter |
| FP16 / BF16 (dense) | 0.155 PF | 0.364 PFbetter |
| FP8 (dense) | — | 0.729 PF |
| FP4 (dense) | — | — |
| INT8 (dense) | 0.31 PF | 0.729 PFbetter |
| TF32 (dense) | 0.0774 PF | 0.182 PFbetter |
| FP32 (dense) | 0.0387 PF | 0.0911 PFbetter |
| FP64 (dense) | 0.0006 PF | 0.0014 PFbetter |
| Power | 300 W | 300 W |
| Architecture | Ampere (2020) | Ada Lovelace (2022) |
| Lowest on-demand | $0.33better | $0.60 |
| Median on-demand | $0.56better | $0.86 |
| Lowest spot | $0.32better | $0.58 |
| FP16/BF16 $ per PFLOP·h | $2.13 | $1.65better |
| Providers | 11 | 6 |
RTX A6000 vs RTX 6000 Ada: questions
Is the RTX A6000 faster than the RTX 6000 Ada?
The RTX 6000 Ada has 2.4× more dense FP16/BF16 compute than the RTX A6000. The RTX 6000 Ada has 1.3× more memory bandwidth than the RTX A6000. Real-world speedups depend on the workload: training and prefill scale with compute, while LLM decoding scales mostly with memory bandwidth.
Which is cheaper per FLOP, the RTX A6000 or the RTX 6000 Ada?
Right now the RTX 6000 Ada is cheaper per unit of compute: $1.65 vs $2.13 per PFLOP-hour at the lowest on-demand prices.
How much does it cost to rent an RTX A6000 vs an RTX 6000 Ada for a month?
Running one GPU around the clock at the lowest on-demand price costs about $241 per month for the RTX A6000 and $438 for the RTX 6000 Ada.
Which has more memory, the RTX A6000 or the RTX 6000 Ada?
Both have 48 GB of VRAM; the RTX 6000 Ada has more bandwidth.