Nvidia RTX 3060 vs Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada

Nvidia RTX 3060 rents for 9.4x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada buys 1.1x 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 GPU2.7x on the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Memory bandwidth1.6x on the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
FP16 / BF16 dense10.2x on the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
Board power1.5x 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 5000 Ada
Cheapest listed $0.03 $0.27
Median across providers $0.04 $0.34
Most expensive listed $0.06 $0.49
Providers 2 3
Reporting stock 1 2
One month, 730 hours $21 $197

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3060 or the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3060 starts at $0.03 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada at $0.27. Nvidia RTX 3060 rents for 9.4x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada buys 1.1x 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 5000 Ada: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.34 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3060: $21 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada: $197 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.