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RTX 6000 Ada vs RTX A6000
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 6000 ADA
$0.190/hr
SpotGPUs · median $1.13 · 17 providers
CHEAPEST RTX A6000
$0.170/hr
SpotGPUs · median $0.55 · 25 providers
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW
RTX A6000
live panel, 2026-09-27
| RTX 6000 ADA | RTX A6000 | |
|---|---|---|
| MAKER | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| ARCHITECTURE | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| LAUNCHED | 2022 | 2020 |
| MEMORY | 48 GB GDDR6 ECC | 48 GB GDDR6 ECC |
| MEMORY BANDWIDTH | 960 GB/s | 768 GB/s |
| TENSOR COMPUTE | 364 TFLOPS FP16 tensor dense (729 sparse); FP8 supported | 155 TFLOPS FP16 tensor dense (310 sparse) |
| POWER DRAW | 300 W | 300 W |
| INTERCONNECT | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 (NVLink bridge on pairs) |
HOW TO CHOOSE
RTX A6000 vs RTX 6000 Ada
The Ada successor adds FP8, ~2.3x tensor throughput and 25% more bandwidth at the same 48 GB and 300 W. Newer is better unless the A6000 is much cheaper.
Workload fit
RTX 6000 Ada: inference to 34b, fine-tuning, professional graphics. RTX A6000: fine-tuning 7b-13b, inference to 34b, research workstations.
RTX 6000 ADA VS RTX A6000 - FAQ
Which is cheaper to rent, RTX 6000 Ada or RTX A6000?
By today's published on-demand rates: RTX 6000 Ada starts at $0.190/GPU/hr (median $1.13, 17 providers) and RTX A6000 starts at $0.170/GPU/hr (median $0.55, 25 providers). The cheapest live listing is the RTX A6000 at SpotGPUs. Figures recompute from the panel on every refresh.
RTX 6000 Ada or RTX A6000 - which should I rent?
RTX 6000 Ada: The RTX 6000 Ada is the workstation flagship of the Ada generation: L40S-class tensor performance with workstation drivers, ECC memory and FP8 support. RTX A6000: The RTX A6000 was the flagship workstation card of the Ampere generation and a budget-lab favorite: 48 GB of memory, full double-precision support, and widespread availability on budget GPU clouds. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.
Where can I rent RTX 6000 Ada and RTX A6000?
17 providers publish RTX 6000 Ada rates and 25 publish RTX A6000 rates on Compute Cafe. Every row links to the provider's own published price - committed-use and reserved rates are excluded.
Full pricing: RTX 6000 Ada · RTX A6000 · all comparisons