Both have 24 GB of memory. The RTX 3090 has 3.1x the bandwidth and is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- L4
- 24 GB
- RTX 3090
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
3.1x higher on RTX 3090
- L4
- 300 GB/s
- RTX 3090
- 936 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
63% cheaper on RTX 3090
- L4
- $0.27 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3090
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L4 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.88 /GPU/hr from $0.27 | $0.19 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | 78% cheaper on RTX 3090 |
| Reserved | $0.52 /GPU/hr from $0.32 (36 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | $0.29 /GPU/hr from $0.13 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 |
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 RTX 3090: 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 3090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L4 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6X | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 300 GB/s | 936 GB/s | 3.1x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 384-bit | 2x wider on RTX 3090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 242 TFLOPS | Not supported | L4 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 121 TFLOPS | 71.2 TFLOPS | 70% higher on L4 |
| INT8 | 242 TOPS | 284.7 TOPS | 18% higher on RTX 3090 |
| FP32 | 30.3 TFLOPS | 35.6 TFLOPS | 17% higher on RTX 3090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 112 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 3090 only |
| Board power | 72 W | 350 W | 4.9x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Released | Q1 2023 | Q3 2020 | 2 years newer on L4 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L4 datasheet and RTX 3090 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | L4 | RTX 3090 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.27 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.27 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.15 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.49 /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 | -- |
Hexabyte
Sweden
|
$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
-- | $0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.17 /GPU/hr On-demand |
SwissGPU
Switzerland
|
-- | $0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand |
TensorDock
Distributed
|
-- | $0.31 /GPU/hr On-demand |
21 providers list the L4 and 9 the RTX 3090. Every listing is on the L4 page and the RTX 3090 page.
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Nvidia L40
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Nvidia RTX 5090
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Nvidia RTX 4090
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Our data for Nvidia L4 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3090 on Sept. 14, 2026.