Nvidia RTX 3060 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 6000

Nvidia RTX 3060 rents for 17.5x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 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 GPU8.0x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Memory bandwidth4.4x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
FP16 / BF16 dense19.6x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Board power3.5x 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 PRO 6000
Cheapest listed $0.03 $0.50
Median across providers $0.04 $1.35
Most expensive listed $0.06 $2.19
Providers 2 9
Reporting stock 1 4
One month, 730 hours $21 $365

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3060 or the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3060 starts at $0.03 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 at $0.50. Nvidia RTX 3060 rents for 17.5x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 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 PRO 6000: 4 of 9 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.50 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3060: $21 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 6000: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.