The cloud price of Nvidia's Ampere GPUs, released six years ago, has increased.

Judged as of 2026-03-16. True: cloud rental prices for Ampere GPUs (such as A100), by on-demand or market price indices, are higher at around March 2026 than at an earlier reference point (such as 2024-2025 lows or launch-era pricing), and Ampere was released around 2020 ("six years ago" is acceptable for May 2020). Mostly true: prices rose on major marketplaces or indices but stayed flat at some hyperscalers, or the age figure is slightly off. Mixed: the evidence is split, with some providers raising prices and others cutting them, and no clear overall trend. Mostly false: there was only a brief or narrow increase from a recent low, while prices fell overall over the period. False: price data shows Ampere cloud prices declining up to March 2026.

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1. E1 GPU Rental Rates by Generation: Nine Years of Posted Prices · CCIR Research CCIR Research · 8 July 2026

   “In spring 2026 Lambda raised A100 by 56% in seven weeks and repriced V100, silicon approaching its ninth year, from a list unchanged since June 2022.”

2. E2 GPU Rental Rates by Generation: Nine Years of Posted Prices · CCIR Research CCIR Research · 8 July 2026

   “A100's posted median is $2.20 in September 2021 and $1.99 in April 2026: −2.2% per year endpoint to endpoint, across four and a half years that also contained the 2022 peak ($3.05) and the 2025 trough ($1.75).”

3. E3 Insights & Research | Wing Venture Capital Wing Venture Capital · 1 January 2026

   “AWS launched it at $4.10 an hour in 2020. Six years later it trades at $1.02 to $1.58, an 18% annual decline.”

4. E4 Older NVIDIA GPUs Are Renting for More, but a16z's A100 Data Is Easy to Misread XenoSpectrum · 26 October 2026

   “Compared with the start of 2026, A100 rental rates are up about 7%. But over the longer span since early 2024, they have fallen more than 40%,”

Independent sources show A100 rental prices rising from recent lows around the judgment date. The CCIR posted median went from a 2025 trough of $1.75 to $1.99 in April 2026 (E2), Lambda raised its A100 price by 56% in spring 2026 (E1), and the Ornn data cited by XenoSpectrum shows rates up about 7% since the start of 2026 (E4). The criteria accept a 2024–2025 low as the reference point, and the 2020 release date fits "six years ago." However, prices remain well below launch-era pricing (E3), the 2022 peak (E2) and early-2024 levels (E4), and somewhat below the September 2021 posted median (E2). The dated figures also fall in spring or later rather than exactly on 16 March 2026, so the verdict is mostly true rather than true.