Nvidia B200 vs Nvidia RTX 3060

Nvidia RTX 3060 wins twice: it rents for 130.8x less per hour and still buys 1.5x more FP16 compute per dollar.

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Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU15.0x on the Nvidia B200
Memory bandwidth21.4x on the Nvidia B200
FP16 / BF16 dense88.2x on the Nvidia B200
Board power5.9x on the Nvidia RTX 3060

Figures are the vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia B200 Nvidia RTX 3060
Cheapest listed $3.74 $0.03
Median across providers $5.31 $0.04
Most expensive listed $6.69 $0.06
Providers 7 2
Reporting stock 3 1
One month, 730 hours $2,730 $21

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia B200 or the Nvidia RTX 3060 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia B200 starts at $3.74 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3060 at $0.03. Nvidia RTX 3060 wins twice: it rents for 130.8x less per hour and still buys 1.5x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia B200: 3 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $4.25 at Lium. Nvidia RTX 3060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.03 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia B200: $2,730 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3060: $21 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.