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A100 40GB SXM has 150% more memory than RTX A4000 16GB (40 GB vs 16 GB). Its memory bandwidth is 247% more (1.555 vs 0.448 TB/s). In the cloud, the median on-demand A100 40GB SXM price is $1.64 per GPU-hour against $0.76 for the RTX A4000 16GB. Per gigabyte of GPU memory, that is $0.041 vs $0.048 per hour.
Manufacturer figures as recorded by Kovara. Higher memory and bandwidth are highlighted; neither is a benchmark of your workload.
| A100 40GB SXM | RTX A4000 16GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere |
| Memory | 40 GB HBM2 | 16 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.555 TB/s | 0.448 TB/s |
| Power (TDP) | 400 W | 140 W |
| Form factor | SXM | PCIe single-slot |
Public offers Kovara tracks, normalised to US dollars per GPU-hour. Prices use on-demand terms where available; spot and reserved offers are on each GPU’s price pages. Lower is highlighted.
| A100 40GB SXM | RTX A4000 16GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price | $1.15 | $0.15 |
| Median price | $1.64 | $0.76 |
| Highest price | $1.99 | $0.76 |
| Median per GB of memory | $0.041 | $0.048 |
| Public offers (all terms) | 5 | 6 |
| Providers | 3 | 3 |
Lowest tracked price per provider. Open a provider to see every offer, region and term.
Right now the cheapest on-demand A100 40GB SXM Kovara tracks is $1.15 per GPU-hour and the cheapest RTX A4000 16GB is $0.15. Medians are $1.64 and $0.76. The cheaper GPU per hour is not always cheaper per job: a faster or larger GPU can finish sooner or need fewer units.
The A100 40GB SXM has more memory: 40 GB against 16 GB. Memory decides which models and batch sizes fit on one GPU.
No. This page compares manufacturer specifications and public prices. Real performance depends on the model, precision, software and interconnect. Kova can help you estimate cost for a specific workload.