Two Nvidia consumer GPUs, one Pascal and one Ampere: 6 GB GDDR5 against 24 GB GDDR6X and 5.2x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 3090 Ti.
At a glance
Updated 10 minutes ago- Memory
- 6 GB
- GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth
- 192 GB/s
- From
- $0.03 /GPU/hr
- 1 provider
- Memory
- 24 GB
- GDDR6X
- Memory bandwidth
- 1.01 TB/s
- From
- $0.28 /GPU/hr
- 2 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | GTX 1060 | RTX 3090 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.03 | $0.28 | 9.3x more expensive on RTX 3090 Ti |
| Spot | $0.02 | $0.10 | 5x more expensive on RTX 3090 Ti |
| Median | $0.03 | $0.28 | 9.3x more expensive on RTX 3090 Ti |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
GTX 1060 vs RTX 3090 Ti price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1060 | RTX 3090 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 6 GB GDDR5 | 24 GB GDDR6X | 4x more on RTX 3090 Ti |
| Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 1,008 GB/s | 5.2x higher on RTX 3090 Ti |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 384-bit | 2x wider on RTX 3090 Ti |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 80 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | Not supported | 320 TOPS | RTX 3090 Ti only |
| FP32 | 4.4 TFLOPS | 40 TFLOPS | 9.2x higher on RTX 3090 Ti |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 120 W | 450 W | 3.8x higher on RTX 3090 Ti |
| Released | Q3 2016 | Q1 2022 | 6 years newer on RTX 3090 Ti |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | 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: GTX 1060 datasheet and RTX 3090 Ti datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | GTX 1060 /GPU/hr | RTX 3090 Ti /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.0300 | On-Demand $0.28 |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.27 |
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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1060 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti on Sept. 7, 2026.