Both have 24 GB of memory and about the same bandwidth. The RTX 3090 has NVLink for linking GPUs and is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- A30
- 24 GB
- RTX 3090
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
Within 5%
- A30
- 933 GB/s
- RTX 3090
- 936 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
76% cheaper on RTX 3090
- A30
- $0.41 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3090
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A30 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.69 /GPU/hr from $0.41 | $0.20 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | 71% cheaper on RTX 3090 |
| Reserved | $0.58 /GPU/hr from $0.38 (12 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.29 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 |
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 spot on the A30 and reserved and spot 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
A30 vs RTX 3090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A30 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB HBM2 | 24 GB GDDR6X | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 933 GB/s | 936 GB/s | Within 5% |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 165 TFLOPS | 71.2 TFLOPS | 2.3x higher on A30 |
| INT8 | 330 TOPS | 284.7 TOPS | 16% higher on A30 |
| FP32 | 10.3 TFLOPS | 35.6 TFLOPS | 3.5x higher on RTX 3090 |
| FP64 | 5.2 TFLOPS | Not supported | A30 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 112 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 3090 only |
| Board power | 165 W | 350 W | 2.1x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q3 2020 | 7 months newer on A30 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A30 datasheet and RTX 3090 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | A30 | RTX 3090 |
|---|---|---|
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Leafcloud
Netherlands
|
$0.68 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Exoscale
Switzerland
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Leaseweb
Netherlands
|
$0.45 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
AceCloud
India
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
-- | $0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.12 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.15 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.17 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.22 /GPU/hr On-demand |
SwissGPU
Switzerland
|
-- | $0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand |
TensorDock
Distributed
|
-- | $0.31 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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Our data for Nvidia A30 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3090 on Sept. 14, 2026.