Comparison · GPU vs GPU · read 21:35 UTCA2 vs Quadro RTX 5000
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.
| A2 | Quadro RTX 5000 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory & compute | |||
| VRAM | 16 GB | 16 GB | 0% |
| Memory bandwidth | 0.20 TB/s | 0.45 TB/s | -55% |
| FP16 tensor | 36 TFLOPS | — | — |
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 11.2 TFLOPS | -60% |
| Power | 60 W | 230 W | -74% |
| Prices today | |||
| Cheapest on-demand | $0.16 | $0.10 | +62% |
| Median on-demand | $0.23 | $0.18 | +27% |
| Highest on-demand | $0.43 | $0.40 | +7% |
| Cheapest spot | $0.12 | $0.05 | +117% |
| Cheapest reserved | $0.18 | — | — |
| Current offers (n) | 3 | 3 | 0% |
| Providers with a fresh offer | 3 | 3 | 0% |
| Value | |||
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (cheapest) | $0.010 | $0.006 | +62% |
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (median) | $0.014 | $0.011 | +27% |
| Per PFLOP FP16 · hour (median) | $6.331 | — | — |
| Per TB/s · hour (median) | $1.140 | $0.402 | +184% |
| Trend | |||
| 30-day median change | — | — | — |
| 90-day median change | — | — | — |
Cheapest providers today · on-demand · current offersWho rents each one cheapest
- 1
Infomaniak1× $0.16 - 2
Cherry ServersTrust 821× $0.23
- 3Selectel1× $0.43
- 1
Vast.aiTrust 784× $0.10 - 2Akash NetworkTrust 531× $0.18
- 3
OVHcloudTrust 791× $0.40
Verdict · computed from the numbers aboveChoose one, choose the other
Choose the A2 if…
- No metric above favours it today.
Choose the Quadro RTX 5000 if…
- the hourly price matters most: median $0.18 against $0.23, 21% less.
- you serve LLMs: memory bandwidth per dollar is better ($0.402 per TB/s-hour against $1.140).
Questions about A2 vs Quadro RTX 5000
Which is cheaper to rent, the A2 or the Quadro RTX 5000?
Today the cheapest current on-demand A2 is $0.16 per GPU-hour and the cheapest Quadro RTX 5000 is $0.10; medians are $0.23 and $0.18. Cheapest excludes offers marked unavailable and counts one floor per marketplace.
How much memory do the A2 and Quadro RTX 5000 have?
16 GB of memory on the A2, 16 GB of GDDR7 on the Quadro RTX 5000, at 0.20 and 0.45 TB/s.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 6 current offers read on the providers' own pages and APIs over the last 45 days (reference 21:35 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.