Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti vs Nvidia RTX 5070

Nvidia RTX 5070 wins twice: it rents for 1.8x less per hour and still buys 1.4x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
Memory bandwidth1.5x on the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
FP16 / BF16 dense1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
Board power1.8x on the Nvidia RTX 5070

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 3090 Ti Nvidia RTX 5070
Cheapest listed $0.16 $0.09
Median across providers $0.22 $0.11
Most expensive listed $0.27 $0.14
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 1 1
One month, 730 hours $117 $66

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti or the Nvidia RTX 5070 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5070 at $0.09. Nvidia RTX 5070 wins twice: it rents for 1.8x less per hour and still buys 1.4x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.27 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 5070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.14 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5070: $66 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.