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A10 vs A30
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 A30
$0.080/hr
SpotGPUs · median $0.74 · 7 providers
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW
A30
live panel, 2026-09-27
| A10 | A30 | |
|---|---|---|
| MAKER | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| ARCHITECTURE | Ampere | Ampere |
| LAUNCHED | 2021 | 2021 |
| MEMORY | 24 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB HBM2 |
| MEMORY BANDWIDTH | 600 GB/s | 933 GB/s |
| TENSOR COMPUTE | 125 TFLOPS FP16 tensor dense (250 sparse) | 165 TFLOPS FP16 tensor dense (330 sparse) |
| POWER DRAW | 150 W | 165 W |
| INTERCONNECT | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0; NVLink bridge 200 GB/s |
HOW TO CHOOSE
A30 vs A10
Same memory size, 55% more bandwidth from HBM2, slightly more compute. For LLM serving the A30 is usually the better chip per dollar.
Workload fit
A10: mid-size inference, virtual workstations. A30: bandwidth-sensitive inference, multi-tenant serving.
A10 VS A30 - FAQ
Which is cheaper to rent, A10 or A30?
By today's published on-demand rates: A10 starts at $0.150/GPU/hr (median $1.56, 11 providers) and A30 starts at $0.080/GPU/hr (median $0.74, 7 providers). The cheapest live listing is the A30 at SpotGPUs. Figures recompute from the panel on every refresh.
A10 or A30 - which should I rent?
A10: The A10 fills Ampere's single-slot inference slot: 24 GB, respectable FP16 throughput, 150 W. A30: The A30 is the quiet value part of the Ampere line: HBM2 bandwidth (933 GB/s) at 165 W, with MIG support for slicing into four isolated instances. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.
Where can I rent A10 and A30?
11 providers publish A10 rates and 7 publish A30 rates on Compute Cafe. Every row links to the provider's own published price - committed-use and reserved rates are excluded.
Full pricing: A10 · A30 · all comparisons