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RTX 5090 vs A40

RTX 5090 vs A40: specs and rental cost

Compare memory, node configurations, and fixed weekly and monthly cost before choosing between NVIDIA RTX 5090 and NVIDIA A40.

Decision summary

A40 provides 16 GB more VRAM per card. A40 costs $240 less per 30-day term . Choose based on whether memory headroom or lower fixed cost is the binding constraint.

NVIDIA

RTX 5090

image generation · local inference

$432/ 30 days
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NVIDIA

A40

rendering · inference

$192/ 30 days
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SpecificationRTX 5090A40
ArchitectureBlackwellAmpere
VRAM32 GB GDDR748 GB GDDR6 ECC
Host resources / card16 vCPU · 128 GB RAM12 vCPU · 96 GB RAM
Local NVMe / card2 TB1 TB
7-day price / card$124$54
30-day price / card$432$192
4-GPU node / 30 days$1,590$707
Catalog quantity595 cards265 cards