RTX A5000 vs V100: Specs, VRAM & Price
Short answer: choose the RTX A5000 when 24 GB of VRAM is the gating requirement. Choose the V100 when 16 GB is enough for the workload and the lower hourly rate points that way.
The RTX A5000 has 24 GB of VRAM; the V100 has 16 GB.
You can rent both by the hour, no purchase required. RTX A5000 from $0.176/GPU/hr across 2 providers; V100 from $0.088/GPU/hr across 3 providers. The V100 is 50% cheaper at the entry rate.
RTX A5000
Good for inference and small-scale training workloads
V100
Good for inference workloads on older-generation hardware
Last updated: 2026-10-07 22:49:37 UTCRefreshes hourly
Specs side by side
| Spec | RTX A5000 | V100 |
|---|---|---|
| VRAM | 24 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 900 GB/s |
| Architecture | Ampere | Volta |
| Compute capability | 8.6 | 7.0 |
| Precisions in hardware | FP32, FP16, BF16, INT4 | FP32, FP16 |
| Peak FP16/BF16 tensor TFLOPS | – | 125 TFLOPS (SXM2), 112 TFLOPS (PCIe) |
| NVLink / multi-GPU interconnect | NVLink, 112.5 GB/s bidirectional | NVLink, 300 GB/s (SXM2 only) |
| Max board power (TDP) | 230W | 300W (SXM2), 250W (PCIe) |
| Form factor | – | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Providers | 2 | 3 |
| Regions | 2 | 3 |
On-demand price
| Rate | RTX A5000 | V100 |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest per GPU/hr | $0.297/GPU/hr | $0.088/GPU/hr (cheapest overall) |
Which is better for AI: RTX A5000 or V100?
Choose the RTX A5000 when 24 GB of VRAM is the gating requirement. Choose the V100 when 16 GB is enough for the workload and the lower hourly rate points that way.
RTX A5000 vs V100: common questions
Is the RTX A5000 or the V100 better for AI?
Short answer: choose the RTX A5000 when 24 GB of VRAM is the gating requirement. Choose the V100 when 16 GB is enough for the workload and the lower hourly rate points that way.
Is the RTX A5000 or the V100 cheaper to rent?
On Aquanode's live marketplace the RTX A5000 starts at $0.176/GPU/hr (median $0.297/GPU/hr across 2 providers) and the V100 starts at $0.088/GPU/hr (median $0.187/GPU/hr across 3 providers). The V100 is the cheaper of the two at the entry rate, by 50%.
What is the difference between the RTX A5000 and the V100?
The RTX A5000 has 24 GB of VRAM against the V100's 16 GB; the RTX A5000 is an Ampere part and the V100 is Volta (compute capability 8.6 vs 7.0); only the RTX A5000 supports BF16, INT4 compute. On price, the RTX A5000 lists from $0.176/GPU/hr and the V100 from $0.088/GPU/hr.
How widely available are the RTX A5000 and the V100?
2 providers list the RTX A5000 and 3 list the V100, across 2 and 3 regions respectively. 2 providers currently list both models.
How much does 1,000 GPU-hours cost on the RTX A5000 vs the V100?
At the lowest rates listed today, 1,000 GPU-hours costs $176 on the RTX A5000 and $88 on the V100, a difference of $88 for the same runtime. Rates are per GPU per hour and update hourly.
How much VRAM does the RTX A5000 have compared to the V100?
The RTX A5000 has 24 GB of VRAM; the V100 has 16 GB.
Does the RTX A5000 or the V100 support NVLink?
Yes, both support a multi-GPU interconnect: the RTX A5000 has NVLink, 112.5 GB/s bidirectional and the V100 has NVLink, 300 GB/s (SXM2 only).
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.
Memory bandwidth, tensor TFLOPS, NVLink/interconnect and max board power are the same verified-from-datasheet figures shown on each model's own RTX A5000 page and V100 page, which link the primary vendor source for that model. A dash here means Aquanode hasn't verified that figure from a primary source yet, never a guess.
Go further
Check what fits in each card's memory with the RTX A5000 VRAM calculator and the V100 VRAM calculator, see vendor-published throughput in the GPU benchmarks and specs table, or browse every model by generation in the GPU index.
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