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RTX 6000 Ada vs RTX PRO 5000
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 PRO 5000
$0.820/hr
RunPod · median $0.98 · 2 providers
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW
RTX 6000 Ada
live panel, 2026-09-27
| RTX 6000 ADA | RTX PRO 5000 | |
|---|---|---|
| MAKER | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| ARCHITECTURE | Ada Lovelace | Blackwell |
| LAUNCHED | 2022 | 2025 |
| MEMORY | 48 GB GDDR6 ECC | 48 GB GDDR7 ECC (72 GB variant) |
| MEMORY BANDWIDTH | 960 GB/s | 1,344 GB/s |
| TENSOR COMPUTE | 364 TFLOPS FP16 tensor dense (729 sparse); FP8 supported | Fifth-gen Tensor Cores with FP4 support (Blackwell workstation) |
| POWER DRAW | 300 W | 300 W |
| INTERCONNECT | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 5.0 x16 |
HOW TO CHOOSE
RTX PRO 5000 vs RTX 6000 Ada
The RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell replaces the RTX 6000 Ada class: same 48 GB but GDDR7 at 1,344 GB/s versus GDDR6 at 960 GB/s, newer tensor cores with FP4, at the same 300 W. Unless Ada rents at a real discount, the Blackwell card is the better buy.
Workload fit
RTX 6000 Ada: inference to 34b, fine-tuning, professional graphics. RTX PRO 5000: local llm inference and fine-tuning, rendering and simulation, multi-gpu training.
RTX 6000 ADA VS RTX PRO 5000 - FAQ
Which is cheaper to rent, RTX 6000 Ada or RTX PRO 5000?
By today's published on-demand rates: RTX 6000 Ada starts at $0.190/GPU/hr (median $1.13, 17 providers) and RTX PRO 5000 starts at $0.820/GPU/hr (median $0.98, 2 providers). The cheapest live listing is the RTX 6000 Ada at SpotGPUs. Figures recompute from the panel on every refresh.
RTX 6000 Ada or RTX PRO 5000 - 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 PRO 5000: The RTX PRO 5000 Blackwell is the mid-slot of NVIDIA's workstation line: 48 GB of ECC GDDR7 at 1,344 GB/s in a 300 W dual-slot card, with a 72 GB variant for memory-heavy desktop AI. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.
Where can I rent RTX 6000 Ada and RTX PRO 5000?
17 providers publish RTX 6000 Ada rates and 2 publish RTX PRO 5000 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 PRO 5000 · all comparisons