Workstation
NVIDIA
NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada
Ada Lovelace Architecture · 48GB GDDR6 · PCIe
VRAM
48GB
FP16
182.2
TDP
300W
Hardware Price
$7.0k
MSRP: $6.8k
Cloud from
$0.750/hr
5 providers
Cheapest at
TensorDock →
Quick Insights
Performance/Dollar
26.03 TFLOPS/$k
FP16 performance per $1000
VRAM/Dollar
6.9 GB/$k
VRAM per $1000
vs Workstation Average
+83% perf
FP16 TFLOPS comparison
Cloud Availability
5 providers
from $0.750/hr
Specifications
| VRAM | 48GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 960 GB/s |
| FP16 TFLOPS | 182.2 |
| Tensor TFLOPS | - |
| FP32 TFLOPS | 91.1 |
| TDP | 300W |
| Form Factor | PCIe |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace |
| NVLink | No |
| Release Date | 2022-12 |
Buy vs Rent Analysis
Buy Hardware
$7.0k
- One-time cost, unlimited usage
- Full control over hardware
- Electricity & cooling costs extra
- Depreciation over 2-3 years
Best if using >9333 hours total
Rent Cloud GPU
$0.750/hr
- Pay only for what you use
- No upfront investment
- Scale up/down instantly
- No maintenance required
Best for <9333 hours or variable usage
Breakeven Point
9,333
hours of usage
At $0.750/hr cloud pricing, buying the hardware pays off after 9,333 hours (~389 days or 13.0 months of 24/7 usage).
| Usage | Monthly Cloud Cost | Months to Breakeven |
|---|---|---|
| 100 hrs/month | $75.00 | 94 months |
| 200 hrs/month | $150.00 | 47 months |
| 500 hrs/month | $375.00 | 19 months |
Cloud GPU Pricing
Rent NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada from 5 cloud providers. Prices shown per GPU per hour.
| Provider | Type | Instance | GPUs | On-Demand | Per GPU | Spot | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TensorDock | marketplace | tensordock-rtx-6000-ada | 1x | $0.750/hr | $0.750/hr Cheapest | - | - |
| RunPod | gpu-cloud | NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation | 1x | $0.770/hr | $0.770/hr | $0.390/hr (-49%) | - |
| Datacrunch (Verda) | gpu-cloud | datacrunch-rtx-6000-ada | 1x | $0.830/hr | $0.830/hr | - | - |
| Jarvis Labs | gpu-cloud | jarvislabs-rtx-6000-ada | 1x | $0.990/hr | $0.990/hr | - | - |
| Google Cloud Platform | hyperscaler | gcp-rtx6000 | 1x | $1.10/hr | $1.10/hr | $0.438/hr (-60%) | - |
Best Spot Deal:
Google Cloud Platform
offers spot pricing at $0.438/hr
(60% off on-demand).
RTX 6000 Ada vs Alternatives
Compare NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada with similar GPUs from other brands.
| GPU | VRAM | FP16 TFLOPS | Bandwidth | Hardware Price | Cloud Price | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 6000 Ada Current | 48GB | 182.2 | 960 GB/s | $7.0k | - | - |
| AMD Instinct MI210 AMD | 64GB (+33%) | 181.0 (-1%) | 1.6 TB/s | - | - | Compare |
| AMD Instinct MI100 AMD | 32GB (-33%) | 184.6 (+1%) | 1.2 TB/s | - | - | Compare |
| AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX AMD | 24GB (-50%) | 122.0 (-33%) | 960 GB/s | - | - | Compare |
Best Use Cases
No specific use case recommendations for NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada yet.
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Alternatives
- AMD Instinct MI210 64GB · -
- AMD Instinct MI100 32GB · -
- AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB · -