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A10 vs A16

Specs from the chip makers' datasheets; prices from the live Compute Cafe panel, refreshed hourly. Every rate is an on-demand published price with a source receipt.

CHEAPEST A10
$0.150/hr
SpotGPUs · median $1.56 · 11 providers
CHEAPEST A16
$0.082/hr
MatPool · median $0.23 · 4 providers
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW
A16
live panel, 2026-09-27
A10A16
MAKERNVIDIANVIDIA
ARCHITECTUREAmpereAmpere
LAUNCHED20212021
MEMORY24 GB GDDR64x 16 GB GDDR6 ECC (64 GB total)
MEMORY BANDWIDTH600 GB/s4x 200 GB/s
TENSOR COMPUTE125 TFLOPS FP16 tensor dense (250 sparse)Four Ampere GPUs on one board (third-gen Tensor Cores per GPU)
POWER DRAW150 W250 W
INTERCONNECTPCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 4.0 x16

HOW TO CHOOSE

A16 vs A10
Same generation, different intent: the A10 is one 24 GB GPU for compute and graphics, the A16 is four 16 GB GPUs for VDI density. For AI workloads the A10 wins outright; for desktops-per-rack the A16 wins outright.
Workload fit
A10: mid-size inference, virtual workstations. A16: vdi and virtual workstations, small inference jobs on idle vdi capacity, llm training or serious inference.

A10 VS A16 - FAQ

Which is cheaper to rent, A10 or A16?
By today's published on-demand rates: A10 starts at $0.150/GPU/hr (median $1.56, 11 providers) and A16 starts at $0.082/GPU/hr (median $0.23, 4 providers). The cheapest live listing is the A16 at MatPool. Figures recompute from the panel on every refresh.
A10 or A16 - which should I rent?
A10: The A10 fills Ampere's single-slot inference slot: 24 GB, respectable FP16 throughput, 150 W. A16: The A16 is four small Ampere GPUs on a single PCB, built for one job: virtual desktop density. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.
Where can I rent A10 and A16?
11 providers publish A10 rates and 4 publish A16 rates on Compute Cafe. Every row links to the provider's own published price - committed-use and reserved rates are excluded.

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