The GB200 is newer, with 23x the memory and 36x the bandwidth. The RTX 3050 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
23x more on GB200
- GB200
- 186 GB
- RTX 3050
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
36x higher on GB200
- GB200
- 8,000 GB/s
- RTX 3050
- 224 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
99% cheaper on RTX 3050
- GB200
- $10.50 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3050
- $0.07 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | GB200 | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $16.00 /GPU/hr from $10.50 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $10.58 | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $27.04 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 |
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 and spot on the GB200 and on-demand and spot on the RTX 3050: 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
GB200 vs RTX 3050 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GB200 | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 186 GB HBM3e | 8 GB GDDR6 | 23x more on GB200 |
| Bandwidth | 8,000 GB/s | 224 GB/s | 36x higher on GB200 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | 10,000 TFLOPS | Not supported | GB200 only |
| FP8 | 5,000 TFLOPS | Not supported | GB200 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 2,500 TFLOPS | 18.2 TFLOPS | 137x higher on GB200 |
| INT8 | 5,000 TOPS | 72.8 TOPS | 69x higher on GB200 |
| FP32 | 80 TFLOPS | 9.1 TFLOPS | 8.8x higher on GB200 |
| FP64 | 40 TFLOPS | Not supported | GB200 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 1,800 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on GB200 only |
| Board power | 1,200 W | 130 W | 9.2x higher on GB200 |
| Released | Q1 2024 | Q1 2022 | 2 years newer on GB200 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP4FP6FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GB200 datasheet and RTX 3050 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. No provider we track offers both right now.
| Provider | GB200 | RTX 3050 |
|---|---|---|
Denvr
Canada
|
On request Custom | -- |
CoreWeave
USA
|
$10.50 /GPU/hr On-demand NVL | -- |
Oracle Cloud
USA
|
$16.00 /GPU/hr On-demand NVL | -- |
Azure
USA
|
$27.04 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
AWS
USA
|
$10.58 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
CUDO
UK
|
On request Custom NVL | -- |
Canopy Wave
USA
|
On request Custom NVL | -- |
Crusoe
USA
|
On request Custom NVL | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.07 /GPU/hr On-demand |
10 providers list the GB200 and 1 the RTX 3050. Every listing is on the GB200 page and the RTX 3050 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia H100
80 GB HBM3 · 58% less bandwidth than the GB200
From $1.73 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia B200
180 GB HBM3e · released Q1 2024
From $3.75 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia GB300
288 GB HBM3e · released Q1 2025
From $18.00 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6 · 61% more bandwidth than the RTX 3050
From $0.06 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 · 21% more bandwidth than the RTX 3050
From $0.08 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia GB200 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3050 on Sept. 14, 2026.