Best Ampere Cloud GPUs — May 2026
Ampere — A100, A40, A30, A10, A2, RTX A6000, RTX 30-series — is the most widely available GPU family in cloud, often at the best $/hr.
NVIDIA
80 GB
A100 SXM (80GB)
HBM2e
Ampere
$1.10/hr
NVIDIA
64 GB
A16
GDDR6
Ampere
$0.47/hr
NVIDIA
48 GB
A40
GDDR6
Ampere
$0.30/hr
NVIDIA
40 GB
A100 SXM (40GB)
HBM2e
Ampere
$0.80/hr
NVIDIA
24 GB
A30
HBM2e
Ampere
$0.25/hr
NVIDIA
24 GB
A10G
GDDR6
Ampere
NVIDIA
16 GB
A2
GDDR6
Ampere
$0.22/hr
NVIDIA
48 GB
RTX A6000
GDDR6
Ampere
$0.30/hr
NVIDIA
24 GB
RTX A5000
GDDR6
Ampere
NVIDIA
16 GB
RTX A4000
GDDR6
Ampere
NVIDIA
24 GB
RTX 3090
GDDR6X
Ampere
$0.12/hr
NVIDIA
24 GB
RTX 3090 Ti
GDDR6X
Ampere
NVIDIA
12 GB
RTX 3080 Ti
GDDR6X
Ampere
NVIDIA
10 GB
RTX 3080
GDDR6X
Ampere
NVIDIA
8 GB
RTX 3070 Ti
GDDR6X
Ampere
NVIDIA
8 GB
RTX 3070
GDDR6
Ampere
A100 SXM (80GB) vs A16 vs A40 — top picks from this guide
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A100 SXM (80GB)
Ampere · 80 GB
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A16
Ampere · 64 GB
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A40
Ampere · 48 GB
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| Specifications | |||
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ampere | Ampere |
| VRAM | 80 GB HBM2e | 64 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory Bandwidth | 2,039 GB/s | 800 GB/s | 696 GB/s |
| FP16 (Tensor) | 312 TFLOPS | 72 TFLOPS | 150 TFLOPS |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 18 TFLOPS | 37.4 TFLOPS |
| TDP | 400 W | 250 W | 300 W |
| Release Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 |
| Segment | Data center | Data center | Data center |
| Cloud Pricing | |||
| Cheapest On-Demand | $1.10/hr | $0.47/hr | $0.30/hr |
| Providers | 6 | 2 | 5 |
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