Nvidia RTX 4070 vs Nvidia RTX 4090

Nvidia RTX 4070 rents for 1.6x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4090 buys 1.8x 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 bandwidth2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 4090
FP16 / BF16 dense2.8x on the Nvidia RTX 4090
FP8 dense2.8x on the Nvidia RTX 4090
Board power2.3x on the Nvidia RTX 4070

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 4070 Nvidia RTX 4090
Cheapest listed $0.07 $0.11
Median across providers $0.07 $0.37
Most expensive listed $0.08 $0.49
Providers 2 6
Reporting stock 1 4
One month, 730 hours $50 $80

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 4070 or the Nvidia RTX 4090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 4070 starts at $0.07 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4090 at $0.11. Nvidia RTX 4070 rents for 1.6x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4090 buys 1.8x 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 4070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.07 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 4070: $50 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4090: $80 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.