The L4 is newer, with 3x the memory and 34% more bandwidth. The RTX 3050 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on L4
- L4
- 24 GB
- RTX 3050
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
34% higher on L4
- L4
- 300 GB/s
- RTX 3050
- 224 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
78% cheaper on RTX 3050
- L4
- $0.33 /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 | L4 | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.88 /GPU/hr from $0.33 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | |
| Reserved | $0.51 /GPU/hr from $0.32 (36 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $0.41 /GPU/hr from $0.20 | -- /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 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
L4 vs RTX 3050 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L4 | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 3x more on L4 |
| Bandwidth | 300 GB/s | 224 GB/s | 34% higher on L4 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 128-bit | 50% wider on L4 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 242 TFLOPS | Not supported | L4 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 121 TFLOPS | 18.2 TFLOPS | 6.6x higher on L4 |
| INT8 | 242 TOPS | 72.8 TOPS | 3.3x higher on L4 |
| FP32 | 30.3 TFLOPS | 9.1 TFLOPS | 3.3x higher on L4 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 72 W | 130 W | 81% higher on RTX 3050 |
| Released | Q1 2023 | Q1 2022 | 14 months newer on L4 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L4 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 | L4 | RTX 3050 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
UpCloud
Finland
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Scaleway
France
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$1.04 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runcrate
USA
|
$1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.07 /GPU/hr On-demand |
21 providers list the L4 and 1 the RTX 3050. Every listing is on the L4 page and the RTX 3050 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia T4
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Nvidia A10
24 GB GDDR6 · 2x the bandwidth of the L4
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Nvidia L40
48 GB GDDR6 · 2.9x the bandwidth of the L4
From $0.46 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6 · 61% more bandwidth than the RTX 3050
From $0.05 /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 L4 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3050 on Sept. 14, 2026.