The RTX 6000 Ada is newer, with 8x the memory and 5x the bandwidth. The GTX 1060 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
8x more on RTX 6000 Ada
- GTX 1060
- 6 GB
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
5x higher on RTX 6000 Ada
- GTX 1060
- 192 GB/s
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
94% cheaper on GTX 1060
- GTX 1060
- $0.03 /GPU/hr
- RTX 6000 Ada
- $0.49 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | GTX 1060 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 | $0.96 /GPU/hr from $0.49 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.43 (3 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.02 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.27 |
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 on-demand and spot on the GTX 1060 and reserved and spot on the RTX 6000 Ada: 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
GTX 1060 vs RTX 6000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1060 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 6 GB GDDR5 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 8x more on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 5x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 384-bit | 2x wider on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 728.5 TFLOPS | RTX 6000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 364.2 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 | 4.4 TFLOPS | 91.1 TFLOPS | 21x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 120 W | 300 W | 2.5x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Released | Q3 2016 | Q4 2022 | 6 years newer on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
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 6000 Ada 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 | GTX 1060 | RTX 6000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.0300 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $1.26 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $1.40 /GPU/hr On-demand |
TensorDock
Distributed
|
-- | $0.86 /GPU/hr On-demand |
1 provider list the GTX 1060 and 14 the RTX 6000 Ada. Every listing is on the GTX 1060 page and the RTX 6000 Ada page.
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Nvidia RTX 2060
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Nvidia L40S
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Nvidia RTX A6000
48 GB GDDR6 · 20% less bandwidth than the RTX 6000 Ada
From $0.40 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia GTX 1060 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.