Nvidia GTX 1660 vs Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada

Nvidia GTX 1660 rents for 2.3x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada buys 4.6x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU3.3x on the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
Memory bandwidth1.9x on the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
FP16 / BF16 dense10.6x on the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
Board power1.1x on the Nvidia GTX 1660

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 GTX 1660 Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
Cheapest listed $0.07 $0.16
Median across providers $0.07 $0.19
Most expensive listed $0.07 $0.79
Providers 2 4
Reporting stock 1 2
One month, 730 hours $51 $117

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia GTX 1660 or the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia GTX 1660 starts at $0.07 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada at $0.16. Nvidia GTX 1660 rents for 2.3x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada buys 4.6x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia GTX 1660: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.07 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia GTX 1660: $51 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.