Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti vs Nvidia RTX 4060

Nvidia RTX 4060 rents for 1.8x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti buys 1.3x 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 GPU1.5x on the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
Memory bandwidth3.4x on the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
FP16 / BF16 dense2.3x on the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
Board power3.0x on the Nvidia RTX 4060

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 3080 Ti Nvidia RTX 4060
Cheapest listed $0.10 $0.06
Median across providers $0.14 $0.06
Most expensive listed $0.18 $0.06
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 1 1
One month, 730 hours $73 $41

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti or the Nvidia RTX 4060 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti starts at $0.10 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4060 at $0.06. Nvidia RTX 4060 rents for 1.8x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti buys 1.3x 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 3080 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.18 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 4060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.06 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti: $73 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4060: $41 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.