A data center GPU against a consumer card on the Ampere architecture: 80 GB HBM2e against 24 GB GDDR6X and 2.1x the memory bandwidth on the A100.
At a glance
Memory
- A100
- 80 GB
- RTX 3090
- 24 GB
3.3x more on A100
Memory bandwidth
- A100
- 1,935 GB/s
- RTX 3090
- 936 GB/s
2.1x higher on A100
Cheapest on-demand
- A100
- $0.40 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3090
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
4x more expensive on A100
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.74 /GPU/hr from $0.40 | $0.18 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | 9.4x more expensive on A100 |
| Reserved | $1.63 /GPU/hr from $0.48 (1 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | $0.97 /GPU/hr from $0.29 | $0.12 /GPU/hr from $0.05 | 8x more expensive on A100 |
Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Medians are across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one. No median for reserved on the RTX 3090: we only show one when at least 3 providers list the GPU on that billing type. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
A100 vs RTX 3090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 24 GB GDDR6X | 3.3x more on A100 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 936 GB/s | 2.1x higher on A100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 384-bit | 13x wider on A100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 71.2 TFLOPS | 4.4x higher on A100 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | 284.7 TOPS | 2.2x higher on A100 |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 35.6 TFLOPS | 1.8x higher on RTX 3090 |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | A100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | NVLink 112 GB/s | 5.4x higher on A100 |
| Board power | 300 W | 350 W | 1.2x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q3 2020 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A100 datasheet and RTX 3090 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A100 /GPU/hr | RTX 3090 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.40 | On-Demand $0.12 |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.67 | On-Demand $0.15 |
Runpod
|
On-Demand $1.00 | On-Demand $0.22 |
Lium
|
On-Demand $1.23 | On-Demand $0.16 |
Thunder Compute
|
On-Demand $1.09 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $1.35 | -- |
Packet·ai
|
On-Demand $1.43 | -- |
Oblivus
|
On-Demand $1.47 | -- |
HyperAI
|
-- | On-Demand $0.10 |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.13 |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.17 |
SwissGPU
|
-- | On-Demand $0.31 |
44 providers list the A100 and 9 the RTX 3090. Every listing is on the A100 page and the RTX 3090 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3090 on Sept. 14, 2026.