Nvidia RTX 3060 vs Nvidia RTX 4090

Nvidia RTX 3060 rents for 3.8x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4090 buys 1.7x 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 GPU2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 4090
Memory bandwidth2.8x on the Nvidia RTX 4090
FP16 / BF16 dense6.5x on the Nvidia RTX 4090
Board power2.6x 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 RTX 3060 Nvidia RTX 4090
Cheapest listed $0.03 $0.11
Median across providers $0.04 $0.37
Most expensive listed $0.06 $0.49
Providers 2 6
Reporting stock 1 4
One month, 730 hours $21 $80

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3060 or the Nvidia RTX 4090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3060 starts at $0.03 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4090 at $0.11. Nvidia RTX 3060 rents for 3.8x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4090 buys 1.7x 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 3060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.03 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 4090: 4 of 6 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.11 at Lium.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3060: $21 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4090: $80 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.