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RTX 5000 Ada vs RTX 5880 Ada
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 RTX 5000 ADA
$0.170/hr
SpotGPUs · median $0.49 · 3 providers
CHEAPEST RTX 5880 ADA
$0.934/hr
GPUBrazil · median $1.28 · 1 providers
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW
RTX 5000 Ada
live panel, 2026-09-27
| RTX 5000 ADA | RTX 5880 ADA | |
|---|---|---|
| MAKER | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| ARCHITECTURE | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| LAUNCHED | 2023 | 2024 |
| MEMORY | 32 GB GDDR6 ECC | 48 GB GDDR6 ECC |
| MEMORY BANDWIDTH | 576 GB/s | 960 GB/s |
| TENSOR COMPUTE | 65.3 TFLOPS FP32 (1,044.4 TFLOPS FP8 tensor with sparsity, 12,800 CUDA cores) | 69.3 TFLOPS FP32 (1,108.4 TFLOPS FP8 tensor with sparsity, 14,080 CUDA cores) |
| POWER DRAW | 250 W | 285 W |
| INTERCONNECT | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
HOW TO CHOOSE
RTX 5880 Ada vs RTX 5000 Ada
The step that matters: 48 GB versus 32 GB and 960 versus 576 GB/s for 35 W more. If the workload needs more than 32 GB, the 5880 is the smallest Ada that answers; otherwise the 5000 is the value card.
Workload fit
RTX 5000 Ada: generative ai and mid-size llm work, data science and analytics, rendering and simulation. RTX 5880 Ada: professional 48 gb workloads, mid-size llm inference, training-adjacent work.
RTX 5000 ADA VS RTX 5880 ADA - FAQ
Which is cheaper to rent, RTX 5000 Ada or RTX 5880 Ada?
By today's published on-demand rates: RTX 5000 Ada starts at $0.170/GPU/hr (median $0.49, 3 providers) and RTX 5880 Ada starts at $0.934/GPU/hr (median $1.28, 1 providers). The cheapest live listing is the RTX 5000 Ada at SpotGPUs. Figures recompute from the panel on every refresh.
RTX 5000 Ada or RTX 5880 Ada - which should I rent?
RTX 5000 Ada: The RTX 5000 Ada is the top of the Ada line before the 6000: 32 GB ECC at 576 GB/s, 12,800 CUDA cores, 250 W. RTX 5880 Ada: The RTX 5880 Ada is the China-market RTX 6000 Ada: the same 48 GB and 960 GB/s memory system with the CUDA count trimmed from 18,176 to 14,080 to meet export rules. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.
Where can I rent RTX 5000 Ada and RTX 5880 Ada?
3 providers publish RTX 5000 Ada rates and 1 publish RTX 5880 Ada 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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