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RTX A5000 cloud GPU pricing

15 listings across 11 providers. Cheapest published rate: $0.090/GPU/hr at Salad. Sorted by per-GPU hourly price. Every row links to the provider's own published price.

WHAT IS THE RTX A5000

The RTX A5000 is the workstation take on the 3090's class: 24 GB ECC, NVLink bridge support, 230 W. A steady mid-market card for fine-tuning, inference and graphics where datacenter behavior matters more than peak speed.

MAKER
NVIDIA
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
LAUNCHED
2021
MEMORY
24 GB GDDR6 ECC
MEMORY BANDWIDTH
768 GB/s
TENSOR COMPUTE
111 TFLOPS FP16 tensor dense (222 sparse)
POWER DRAW
230 W
INTERCONNECT
PCIe 4.0 x16 (NVLink bridge on pairs)

WHAT IT IS GOOD AT

Fine-tuning
7B-13B LoRA/QLoRA.
Workstation graphics
Its design role.

WHO SHOULD NOT RENT THE RTX A5000

Raw throughput per dollar against the 3090/4090 consumer parts.
Models above 24 GB.
ProviderConfigVRAMLocation$/hr$/GPU/hrSource
SaladSaladRTX A5000 × 124 GBGlobal (distributed)$0.090$0.090receipt
SpotGPUsSpotGPUsRTX A5000 × 124 GBNot published$0.090$0.090receipt
RunPodRunPodRTX A5000 × 124 GBGlobal$0.160$0.160receipt
QuickPodQuickPodRTX A5000 × 124 GBNot published$0.170$0.170receipt
Vast.aiVast.aiRTX A5000 × 124 GBIreland, IE$0.232$0.232receipt
AI GalaxyAI GalaxyRTX A5000 × 124 GBChina$0.241$0.241receipt
Massed ComputeMassed ComputeRTX A5000 × 124 GBNot published$0.440$0.440receipt
Massed ComputeMassed ComputeRTX A5000 × 824 GBNot published$3.520$0.440receipt
SelectelSelectelRTX A5000 × 124 GBRussia$0.808$0.808receipt
GPUBrazilGPUBrazilRTX A5000 × 122 GBEurope$0.927$0.927receipt
GPUBrazilGPUBrazilRTX A5000 × 124 GBNorth America$0.927$0.927receipt
ExoscaleExoscaleA5000 × 424 GBEU$4.557$1.139receipt
ExoscaleExoscaleA5000 × 224 GBEU$2.479$1.240receipt
ExoscaleExoscaleA5000 × 124 GBEU$1.340$1.340receipt
PaperspacePaperspaceA5000 × 124 GBNot published$1.380$1.380receipt

THE RTX A5000 MARKET, BY THE NUMBERS

PROVIDERS
11
CONFIGURATIONS
15
MEDIAN $/GPU/HR
$0.44
SPREAD
15.3x

11 providers publish 15 RTX A5000 configurations on the panel today. Published per-GPU hourly rates run from $0.090 (Salad) to $1.38 (Paperspace), a 15x spread between the cheapest and the most expensive published rate for the same chip. The median listing sits at $0.44/GPU/hr. 9 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 RTX A5000 BY GEOGRAPHY
irelandVast.ai$0.232/hrchinaAI Galaxy$0.241/hrunited statesGPUBrazil$0.927/hr
RTX A5000 PRICE TREND, DAILY PANEL SNAPSHOTS

Across every RTX A5000 row on the panel, the daily floor held flat at $0.090/GPU/hr over 11 days of tracking. The median continuously-tracked listing held flat at $0.44. Snapshots run daily; the full history is public in the repo.

RTX A5000 PROVIDER NOTES
Salad · 1 config · 1 region
Sets the panel floor for this model.
from $0.090/hr
SpotGPUs · 1 config · 1 in stock
Sets the panel floor for this model.
from $0.090/hr
RunPod · 1 config · 1 region · 1 in stock
1 of 1 configs reported in stock at last check.
from $0.160/hr
QuickPod · 1 config · 1 in stock
1 of 1 configs reported in stock at last check.
from $0.170/hr
Vast.ai · 1 config · 1 region · 1 in stock
1 of 1 configs reported in stock at last check.
from $0.232/hr
AI Galaxy · 1 config · 1 region
Published catalog rates.
from $0.241/hr
Massed Compute · 2 configs
Published catalog rates.
from $0.440/hr
Selectel · 1 config · 1 region
Published catalog rates.
from $0.808/hr
BUYING RTX A5000: WHAT THE PANEL SAYS

At the current floor, one RTX A5000 running around the clock costs about $66 a month (730 hours of on-demand arithmetic). Node shape matters: the single-GPU floor is $0.090/GPU/hr against $0.440/GPU/hr on an 8-GPU node (+388.9%). Per-GPU floors by config size: 1x $0.09 · 2x $1.24 · 4x $1.14 · 8x $0.44. Compare the alternatives below before committing - the same budget often buys more than one chip class.

RTX A5000 VS THE ALTERNATIVES

RTX A5000 vs RTX 3090
Same memory and linking; 3090 has ~28% more compute at 120 W more. For long runs the A5000's efficiency and ECC can win.

Compare live rates: RTX A5000 vs RTX 3090

RTX A5000 PRICING FAQ

What is the cheapest RTX A5000 cloud GPU right now?
The cheapest published RTX A5000 rate on the panel is $0.090 per GPU-hour at Salad (RTX A5000 x 1, Global (distributed)). Every price links to the provider's own published rate.
How much does a RTX A5000 cost per hour?
Across 11 providers tracked today, published per-GPU hourly rates for RTX A5000 run from $0.09 to $1.38, with a median of $0.44. Committed-use and reserved rates are excluded; everything shown is on-demand.
How many providers rent RTX A5000 GPUs?
11 providers publish 15 distinct RTX A5000 configurations on Compute Cafe. 9 of those rows were reported in stock by the provider's live endpoint at last observation.
Where is RTX A5000 cheapest?
By published per-GPU hourly rate, the cheapest geography for RTX A5000 today is ireland at $0.23/hr (Vast.ai). The spread across 3 tracked geographies runs to $0.93/hr in united states.
Are RTX A5000 prices going up or down?
Over the 11 days Compute Cafe has tracked the panel, the RTX A5000 floor is holding flat: $0.090 to $0.090/GPU/hr (+0.0%). The median continuously-tracked listing moved from $0.44 to $0.44 (+0.0%). Daily snapshots are public in the repo, so the trend is auditable.
What does a RTX A5000 cost per month?
At the current floor of $0.090/GPU/hr, a RTX A5000 running 24/7 costs about $66 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 RTX A5000 node cheaper than a single card?
On today's panel: the single-GPU floor is $0.090/GPU/hr and the 8-GPU node floor is $0.440/GPU/hr - more expensive per GPU on a full node (+388.9%). Check the table for the exact configs behind each floor.
A5000 or 3090?
3090 for raw speed, A5000 for ECC, efficiency and workstation support. Panel prices usually decide.

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