Comparison · GPU vs GPU · read 00:32 UTCRTX A2000 vs A2
Specifications, today's prices from 8 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 A2000 | A2 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory & compute | |||
| VRAM | 12 GB | 16 GB | -25% |
| Memory bandwidth | 0.19 TB/s | 0.20 TB/s | -4% |
| FP16 tensor | — | 36 TFLOPS | — |
| FP32 | 7.99 TFLOPS | 4.5 TFLOPS | +78% |
| Power | 70 W | 60 W | +17% |
| Prices today | |||
| Cheapest on-demand | $0.03 | $0.16 | -79% |
| Median on-demand | $0.09 | $0.23 | -61% |
| Highest on-demand | $0.26 | $0.43 | -40% |
| Cheapest spot | $0.03 | $0.13 | -75% |
| Cheapest reserved | — | $0.18 | — |
| Current offers (n) | 6 | 3 | +100% |
| Providers with a fresh offer | 5 | 3 | +67% |
| Value | |||
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (cheapest) | $0.003 | $0.010 | -72% |
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (median) | $0.007 | $0.014 | -47% |
| Per PFLOP FP16 · hour (median) | — | $6.331 | — |
| Per TB/s · hour (median) | $0.468 | $1.140 | -59% |
| Trend | |||
| 30-day median change | +15.8% | — | — |
| 90-day median change | — | — | — |
Cheapest providers today · on-demand · current offersWho rents each one cheapest
- 1
Vast.aiTrust 782× $0.03 - 2
Clore.aiTrust 462× $0.04 - 3
gcube1× $0.09
- 1
Infomaniak1× $0.16 - 2
Cherry ServersTrust 821× $0.23
- 3
Selectel1× $0.43
Verdict · computed from the numbers aboveChoose one, choose the other
Choose the RTX A2000 if…
- the hourly price matters most: median $0.09 against $0.23, 61% less.
- you serve LLMs: memory bandwidth per dollar is better ($0.468 per TB/s-hour against $1.140).
- you want choice: 5 providers have a fresh offer today against 3.
Choose the A2 if…
- your model needs more than 12 GB per GPU: 16 GB against 12 GB.
Questions about RTX A2000 vs A2
Which is cheaper to rent, the RTX A2000 or the A2?
Today the cheapest current on-demand RTX A2000 is $0.03 per GPU-hour and the cheapest A2 is $0.16; medians are $0.09 and $0.23. Cheapest excludes offers marked unavailable and counts one floor per marketplace.
How much memory do the RTX A2000 and A2 have?
12 GB of memory on the RTX A2000, 16 GB of memory on the A2, at 0.19 and 0.20 TB/s.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 9 current offers read on the providers' own pages and APIs over the last 45 days (reference 00:32 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.