A data center GPU against a consumer card, one Pascal and one Ampere: 16 GB HBM2 against 12 GB GDDR6, 2x the memory bandwidth on the P100, and NVLink 160 GB/s on the P100 where the RTX 3060 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- P100
- 16 GB
- RTX 3060
- 12 GB
1.3x more on P100
Memory bandwidth
- P100
- 732 GB/s
- RTX 3060
- 360 GB/s
2x higher on P100
Cheapest on-demand
- P100
- $1.27 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3060
- $0.05 /GPU/hr
26x more expensive on P100
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | P100 | RTX 3060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.53 /GPU/hr from $1.27 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 | |
| Reserved | $1.04 /GPU/hr from $0.12 (24 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.12 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.77 | -- /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, reserved and spot on the RTX 3060: 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 3060 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | P100 | RTX 3060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB HBM2 | 12 GB GDDR6 | 1.3x more on P100 |
| Bandwidth | 732 GB/s | 360 GB/s | 2x higher on P100 |
| Bus width | 4,096-bit | 192-bit | 21x wider on P100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 18.7 TFLOPS | 25.5 TFLOPS | 1.4x higher on RTX 3060 |
| INT8 | Not supported | 101.9 TOPS | RTX 3060 only |
| FP32 | 9.3 TFLOPS | 12.7 TFLOPS | 1.4x higher on RTX 3060 |
| FP64 | 4.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | P100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 160 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on P100 only |
| Board power | 250 W | 170 W | 1.5x higher on P100 |
| Released | Q2 2016 | Q1 2021 | 5 years newer on RTX 3060 |
| 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 3060 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | P100 /GPU/hr | RTX 3060 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Scaleway
|
On-Demand $1.42 | -- |
Oracle Cloud
|
On-Demand $1.27 | -- |
Google Cloud
|
On-Demand $1.51 | -- |
Alibaba Cloud
|
On-Demand $1.55 | -- |
Database Mart
|
Reserved (24mo) $0.12 | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.0499 |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.08 |
Vast.ai
|
-- | Reserved (1mo) $0.12 |
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Our data for Nvidia P100 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3060 on Sept. 7, 2026.