A40 vs RTX PRO 6000 SE: cloud rental cost compared
You can rent both by the hour, no purchase required. A40 from $0.075/GPU/hr across 2 providers; RTX PRO 6000 SE from $2.14/GPU/hr across 1 provider. The A40 is 96% cheaper at the entry rate.
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A40 vs RTX PRO 6000 SE: common questions
Is the A40 or the RTX PRO 6000 SE cheaper to rent?
On Aquanode's live marketplace the A40 starts at $0.075/GPU/hr (median $0.440/GPU/hr across 2 providers) and the RTX PRO 6000 SE starts at $2.14/GPU/hr (median $2.14/GPU/hr across 1 provider). The A40 is the cheaper of the two at the entry rate, by 96%.
What is the difference between the A40 and the RTX PRO 6000 SE?
The A40 has 48 GB of VRAM against the RTX PRO 6000 SE's 96 GB; the A40 is an Ampere part and the RTX PRO 6000 SE is Blackwell (compute capability 8.6 vs 12.0); only the RTX PRO 6000 SE supports FP8 compute. On price, the A40 lists from $0.075/GPU/hr and the RTX PRO 6000 SE from $2.14/GPU/hr.
Which cloud providers offer the A40 and the RTX PRO 6000 SE?
2 providers list the A40 (Vultr and RunPod) and 1 list the RTX PRO 6000 SE (Akash), across 2 and 1 region respectively. No single provider currently lists both models.
How much does 1,000 GPU-hours cost on the A40 vs the RTX PRO 6000 SE?
At the lowest rates listed today, 1,000 GPU-hours costs $75 on the A40 and $2,142 on the RTX PRO 6000 SE, a difference of $2,067 for the same runtime. Rates are per GPU per hour and update hourly.
How this comparison is calculated
Every price is normalized to a per-GPU hourly rate using the same pipeline as every other pricing surface on Aquanode, and only the cheapest qualifying offer per provider is shown. A dash means that provider does not currently list that GPU.
Architecture, compute capability and supported precisions come from each vendor's published datasheet for that generation, not from the marketplace feed. This page regenerates at most once per hour.
