Comparison · GPU vs GPU · read 00:18 UTCRTX A6000 vs RTX 5880 Ada
Specifications, today's prices from 31 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 A6000 | RTX 5880 Ada | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory & compute | |||
| VRAM | 48 GB | 48 GB | 0% |
| Memory bandwidth | 0.77 TB/s | 0.96 TB/s | -20% |
| FP16 tensor | — | — | — |
| FP32 | 38.7 TFLOPS | 69.3 TFLOPS | -44% |
| Power | 300 W | 285 W | +5% |
| Prices today | |||
| Cheapest on-demand | $0.31 | $0.54 | -42% |
| Median on-demand | $0.55 | $0.62 | -12% |
| Highest on-demand | $1.57 | $1.44 | +9% |
| Cheapest spot | $0.25 | $0.45 | -45% |
| Cheapest reserved | $0.28 | $0.57 | -51% |
| Current offers (n) | 65 | 5 | +1200% |
| Providers with a fresh offer | 28 | 3 | +833% |
| Value | |||
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (cheapest) | $0.006 | $0.011 | -42% |
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (median) | $0.011 | $0.013 | -12% |
| Per PFLOP FP16 · hour (median) | — | — | — |
| Per TB/s · hour (median) | $0.710 | $0.642 | +11% |
| Trend | |||
| 30-day median change | -6.8% | — | — |
| 90-day median change | -6.8% | — | — |
Cheapest providers today · on-demand · current offersWho rents each one cheapest
- 1
Vast.aiTrust 781× $0.31 - 2
RunpodTrust 951× $0.33 - 3
GPURento1× $0.33
- 1Vast.aiTrust 781× $0.54
- 2
Edgevana1× $0.62 - 3
AtmosCompute1× $0.89
Verdict · computed from the numbers aboveChoose one, choose the other
Choose the RTX A6000 if…
- the hourly price matters most: median $0.55 against $0.62, 12% less.
- you want choice: 28 providers have a fresh offer today against 3.
Choose the RTX 5880 Ada if…
- you serve LLMs: memory bandwidth per dollar is better ($0.642 per TB/s-hour against $0.710).
Questions about RTX A6000 vs RTX 5880 Ada
Which is cheaper to rent, the RTX A6000 or the RTX 5880 Ada?
Today the cheapest current on-demand RTX A6000 is $0.31 per GPU-hour and the cheapest RTX 5880 Ada is $0.54; medians are $0.55 and $0.62. Cheapest excludes offers marked unavailable and counts one floor per marketplace.
How much memory do the RTX A6000 and RTX 5880 Ada have?
48 GB of GDDR6 on the RTX A6000, 48 GB of GDDR6 on the RTX 5880 Ada, at 0.77 and 0.96 TB/s.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 70 current offers read on the providers' own pages and APIs over the last 45 days (reference 00:18 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.