Nvidia RTX 2070 vs Nvidia RTX 5090

Nvidia RTX 2070 rents for 6.0x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5090 buys 1.2x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

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Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU4.0x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
Memory bandwidth4.0x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
FP16 / BF16 dense7.0x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
Board power3.3x 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 5090
Cheapest listed $0.05 $0.28
Median across providers $0.06 $0.65
Most expensive listed $0.07 $0.70
Providers 2 5
Reporting stock 1 4
One month, 730 hours $34 $206

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 2070 or the Nvidia RTX 5090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 2070 starts at $0.05 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5090 at $0.28. Nvidia RTX 2070 rents for 6.0x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5090 buys 1.2x 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 RTX 2070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 5090: 4 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.28 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 2070: $34 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5090: $206 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.