Comparison · GPU vs GPU · read 00:16 UTCRTX 5000 Ada vs RTX 4500 Ada
Specifications, today's prices from 6 providers, price per unit of memory and compute, and who rents each cheapest. Better values are highlighted; lower is better for prices.
Side by sideSpecs, prices, value
Highlighted cells are the better of the two: more memory and compute, lower prices, lower cost per unit.
| RTX 5000 Ada | RTX 4500 Ada | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory & compute | |||
| VRAM | 32 GB | 24 GB | +33% |
| Memory bandwidth | 0.58 TB/s | 0.43 TB/s | +33% |
| FP16 tensor | — | — | — |
| FP32 | 65.3 TFLOPS | 39.6 TFLOPS | +65% |
| Power | 250 W | 210 W | +19% |
| Prices today | |||
| Cheapest on-demand | $0.35 | $0.31 | +12% |
| Median on-demand | $0.43 | $0.37 | +14% |
| Highest on-demand | $0.59 | $0.54 | +10% |
| Cheapest spot | $0.27 | $0.27 | 0% |
| Cheapest reserved | — | — | — |
| Current offers (n) | 4 | 4 | 0% |
| Providers with a fresh offer | 3 | 3 | 0% |
| Value | |||
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (cheapest) | $0.011 | $0.013 | -16% |
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (median) | $0.013 | $0.016 | -14% |
| Per PFLOP FP16 · hour (median) | — | — | — |
| Per TB/s · hour (median) | $0.743 | $0.867 | -14% |
| Trend | |||
| 30-day median change | — | — | — |
| 90-day median change | — | — | — |
90 days · median on-demand price · rebased to 100How the two have moved
Both medians indexed to 100 ninety days ago, so the slopes compare even though the price levels differ.
Cheapest providers today · on-demand · current offersWho rents each one cheapest
- 1
gcube1× $0.35
- 2
Vast.aiTrust 781× $0.43 - 3
OpenRelay1× $0.50
- 1
- 2Vast.aiTrust 782× $0.37
- 3
Edgevana2× $0.54
Verdict · computed from the numbers aboveChoose one, choose the other
Choose the RTX 5000 Ada if…
- your model needs more than 24 GB per GPU: 32 GB against 24 GB.
- you serve LLMs: memory bandwidth per dollar is better ($0.743 per TB/s-hour against $0.867).
Choose the RTX 4500 Ada if…
- the hourly price matters most: median $0.37 against $0.43, 13% less.
Questions about RTX 5000 Ada vs RTX 4500 Ada
Which is cheaper to rent, the RTX 5000 Ada or the RTX 4500 Ada?
Today the cheapest current on-demand RTX 5000 Ada is $0.35 per GPU-hour and the cheapest RTX 4500 Ada is $0.31; medians are $0.43 and $0.37. Cheapest excludes offers marked unavailable and counts one floor per marketplace.
How much memory do the RTX 5000 Ada and RTX 4500 Ada have?
32 GB of GDDR6 on the RTX 5000 Ada, 24 GB of GDDR6 on the RTX 4500 Ada, at 0.58 and 0.43 TB/s.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 8 current offers read on the providers' own pages and APIs over the last 45 days (reference 00:16 UTC), or in our October 2026 market study for the few providers our collector does not read. Specifications come from manufacturer datasheets. Every price on the GPU pages links to its receipt and shows its read date.