Overview
Nvidia L4
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Nvidia RTX 3090
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| Summary | Low-power inference accelerator for cost-sensitive cloud deployments. | Popular legacy consumer GPU for local AI development with NVLink. |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| Memory | 24GB GDDR6 | 24GB GDDR6X |
| Memory Bandwidth | 300 GB/s | 936 GB/s |
| Performance | 242 TFLOPS (FP16) | 284 TFLOPS (FP16) |
| Release Date | Q1 2023 | Q3 2020 |
| Performance Segment | Mid-Range | Mid-Range |
| Datasheet | Link | Link |
Price comparison
How we rank providers
Default ranking
Each provider appears once per GPU, ranked on three things in order:
- Availability: in stock, then waitlist, then unconfirmed, then out of stock. A price you can act on outranks a cheaper one you cannot.
- Billing type: on-demand rates rank ahead of spot and reserved ones. A spot rate is cheaper because it can be reclaimed, and a reserved rate because it is a commitment.
- Price: the lowest hourly price a provider charges for a single one of that GPU, with other currencies converted to USD first.
Providers that tie on price are sorted alphabetically.
Reserved rates are not separated by term length, so a multi-year commitment can rank above a one-month one. The term is shown beneath each price.
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L4 Pricing
Barriers to entry are low here. 16 cloud providers list the L4 with prices starting at just $0.31/hr per GPU (on-demand), making it accessible for testing without a large commitment. Spot instances start lower, at $0.12/hr per GPU.
RTX 3090 Pricing
You can start using a RTX 3090 for $0.10/hr per GPU (on-demand). It's a low-risk price point for smaller workloads compared to the market high of $0.50/hr. Spot instances start lower, at $0.07/hr per GPU.
Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.
Alternative GPUs
Here's how these GPUs compare against alternatives:
Our data for Nvidia L4 was last updated on Aug. 20, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3090 on Aug. 20, 2026.