GPU MODELS / A30

A30 cloud GPU pricing

12 listings across 8 providers. Cheapest published rate: $0.117/GPU/hr at Clore. Sorted by per-GPU hourly price. Every row links to the provider's own published price.

WHAT IS THE 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. For memory-bandwidth-sensitive inference it often beats GDDR6 cards with higher list compute.

MAKER
NVIDIA
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
LAUNCHED
2021
MEMORY
24 GB HBM2
MEMORY BANDWIDTH
933 GB/s
TENSOR COMPUTE
165 TFLOPS FP16 tensor dense (330 sparse)
POWER DRAW
165 W
INTERCONNECT
PCIe 4.0; NVLink bridge 200 GB/s

WHAT IT IS GOOD AT

Bandwidth-sensitive inference
HBM2 at this price is the draw.
Multi-tenant serving
Four-way MIG at 6 GB each.

WHO SHOULD NOT RENT THE A30

Jobs needing more than 24 GB per instance.
Raw FP16 throughput per dollar against newer Ada parts at similar rates.
ProviderConfigVRAMLocation$/hr$/GPU/hrSource
SpotGPUsSpotGPUsA30 × 124 GBNot published$0.080$0.080STALEreceipt
CloreCloreA30 × 124 GBSE$0.117$0.117receipt
SeewebSeewebA30 × 124 GBItaly$0.322$0.322STALEreceipt
MatPoolMatPoolA30 × 123.7 GBChina$0.328$0.328receipt
Massed ComputeMassed ComputeA30 × 124 GBNot published$0.350$0.350receipt
Massed ComputeMassed ComputeA30 × 824 GBNot published$2.800$0.350receipt
ExoscaleExoscaleA30 × 424 GBEU$2.962$0.740receipt
ExoscaleExoscaleA30 × 324 GBEU$2.367$0.789receipt
ExoscaleExoscaleA30 × 224 GBEU$1.797$0.898receipt
InHostedInHostedA30 × 124 GBIndia$0.958$0.958receipt
E2E NetworksE2E NetworksA30 × 124 GBIndia$0.959$0.959receipt
ExoscaleExoscaleA30 × 124 GBEU$1.226$1.226receipt

THE A30 MARKET, BY THE NUMBERS

PROVIDERS
8
CONFIGURATIONS
12
MEDIAN $/GPU/HR
$0.79
SPREAD
10.5x

8 providers publish 12 A30 configurations on the panel today. Published per-GPU hourly rates run from $0.117 (Clore) to $1.23 (Exoscale), a 11x spread between the cheapest and the most expensive published rate for the same chip. The median listing sits at $0.79/GPU/hr. 2 rows were reported in stock by the provider at last observation; the rest are published catalog rates. All rates are on-demand - committed-use and reserved pricing is excluded.

CHEAPEST A30 BY GEOGRAPHY
swedenClore$0.117/hrchinaMatPool$0.328/hrindiaInHosted$0.958/hr
A30 PRICE TREND, DAILY PANEL SNAPSHOTS

Across every A30 row on the panel, the daily floor moved from $0.350 to $0.117/GPU/hr over 53 days of tracking (-66.7%). The median continuously-tracked listing held flat at $0.35. Snapshots run daily; the full history is public in the repo.

A30 PROVIDER NOTES
Clore · 1 config · 1 region · 1 in stock
Sets the panel floor for this model.
from $0.117/hr
MatPool · 1 config · 1 region · 1 in stock
1 of 1 configs reported in stock at last check.
from $0.328/hr
Massed Compute · 2 configs
Published catalog rates.
from $0.350/hr
Exoscale · 4 configs · 1 region
Published catalog rates.
from $0.740/hr
InHosted · 1 config · 1 region
Published catalog rates.
from $0.958/hr
E2E Networks · 1 config · 1 region
Published catalog rates.
from $0.959/hr
BUYING A30: WHAT THE PANEL SAYS

At the current floor, one A30 running around the clock costs about $85 a month (730 hours of on-demand arithmetic). Node shape matters: the single-GPU floor is $0.117/GPU/hr against $0.350/GPU/hr on an 8-GPU node (+199.9%). Per-GPU floors by config size: 1x $0.12 · 2x $0.90 · 3x $0.79 · 4x $0.74 · 8x $0.35. Compare the alternatives below before committing - the same budget often buys more than one chip class.

A30 VS THE ALTERNATIVES

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.

Compare live rates: A30 vs A10

A30 PRICING FAQ

What is the cheapest A30 cloud GPU right now?
The cheapest published A30 rate on the panel is $0.117 per GPU-hour at Clore (A30 x 1, SE). Every price links to the provider's own published rate.
How much does a A30 cost per hour?
Across 8 providers tracked today, published per-GPU hourly rates for A30 run from $0.12 to $1.23, with a median of $0.79. Committed-use and reserved rates are excluded; everything shown is on-demand.
How many providers rent A30 GPUs?
8 providers publish 12 distinct A30 configurations on Compute Cafe. 2 of those rows were reported in stock by the provider's live endpoint at last observation.
Where is A30 cheapest?
By published per-GPU hourly rate, the cheapest geography for A30 today is sweden at $0.12/hr (Clore). The spread across 3 tracked geographies runs to $0.96/hr in india.
Are A30 prices going up or down?
Over the 53 days Compute Cafe has tracked the panel, the A30 floor is falling: $0.350 to $0.117/GPU/hr (-66.7%). The median continuously-tracked listing moved from $0.35 to $0.35 (+0.0%). Daily snapshots are public in the repo, so the trend is auditable.
What does a A30 cost per month?
At the current floor of $0.117/GPU/hr, a A30 running 24/7 costs about $85 per month (730 hours of on-demand arithmetic on the cheapest published rate). Committed-use contracts can price lower; the panel tracks on-demand rates only.
Is a full 8-GPU A30 node cheaper than a single card?
On today's panel: the single-GPU floor is $0.117/GPU/hr and the 8-GPU node floor is $0.350/GPU/hr - more expensive per GPU on a full node (+199.9%). Check the table for the exact configs behind each floor.
Why pick an A30?
When inference is bandwidth-bound and the panel prices it below GDDR6 alternatives - 933 GB/s of HBM2 at 165 W is hard to match in its class.

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