The P100 has 2x the memory and 3.3x the bandwidth. The RTX 3050 is newer and cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on P100
- P100
- 16 GB
- RTX 3050
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
3.3x higher on P100
- P100
- 732 GB/s
- RTX 3050
- 224 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
26% cheaper on RTX 3050
- P100
- $0.10 /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 | P100 | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.39 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | |
| Reserved | $1.04 /GPU/hr from $0.22 (24 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 | -- /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 spot on the P100 and 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
P100 vs RTX 3050 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | P100 | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB HBM2 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on P100 |
| Bandwidth | 732 GB/s | 224 GB/s | 3.3x higher on P100 |
| Bus width | 4,096-bit | 128-bit | 32x wider on P100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 18.7 TFLOPS | 18.2 TFLOPS | Within 5% |
| INT8 | Not supported | 72.8 TOPS | RTX 3050 only |
| FP32 | 9.3 TFLOPS | 9.1 TFLOPS | Within 5% |
| FP64 | 4.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | P100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 160 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on P100 only |
| Board power | 250 W | 130 W | 92% higher on P100 |
| Released | Q2 2016 | Q1 2022 | 6 years newer on RTX 3050 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32FP64 | 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: P100 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 | P100 | RTX 3050 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Scaleway
France
|
$1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Oracle Cloud
USA
|
$1.27 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Google Cloud
USA
|
$1.51 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Alibaba Cloud
China
|
$1.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Database Mart
USA
|
$0.22 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.07 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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Other comparisons in the same class.
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32 GB HBM2 · 23% more bandwidth than the P100
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Nvidia T4
16 GB GDDR6 · 59% less bandwidth than the P100
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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 P100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3050 on Sept. 14, 2026.