Nvidia RTX 2070 vs Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti

Nvidia RTX 2070 wins twice: it rents for 3.4x less per hour and still buys 1.3x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU3.0x on the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
Memory bandwidth2.3x on the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
FP16 / BF16 dense2.7x on the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
Board power2.6x on the Nvidia RTX 2070

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 RTX 2070 Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
Cheapest listed $0.05 $0.16
Median across providers $0.06 $0.22
Most expensive listed $0.07 $0.27
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 1 1
One month, 730 hours $34 $117

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 2070 or the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 2070 starts at $0.05 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti at $0.16. Nvidia RTX 2070 wins twice: it rents for 3.4x less per hour and still buys 1.3x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 2070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.27 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 2070: $34 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.