A workstation GPU against a consumer card, one Ada Lovelace and one Ampere: 16 GB GDDR6 against 8 GB GDDR6.
At a glance
Memory
- RTX 2000 Ada
- 16 GB
- RTX 3050
- 8 GB
2x more on RTX 2000 Ada
Memory bandwidth
- RTX 2000 Ada
- 224 GB/s
- RTX 3050
- 224 GB/s
Identical
Cheapest on-demand
- RTX 2000 Ada
- $0.13 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3050
- $0.07 /GPU/hr
46% cheaper on RTX 3050
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 2000 Ada | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.24 /GPU/hr from $0.13 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | |
| Reserved | On request | -- /GPU/hr from $0.13 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /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, reserved 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
RTX 2000 Ada vs RTX 3050 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 2000 Ada | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on RTX 2000 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 224 GB/s | Identical |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 128-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 96.0 TFLOPS | Not supported | RTX 2000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 48.0 TFLOPS | 18.2 TFLOPS | 2.6x higher on RTX 2000 Ada |
| INT8 | 72.8 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 12 TFLOPS | 9.1 TFLOPS | 1.3x higher on RTX 2000 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 70 W | 130 W | 1.9x higher on RTX 3050 |
| Released | Q2 2024 | Q1 2022 | 2 years newer on RTX 2000 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 2000 Ada datasheet and RTX 3050 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | RTX 2000 Ada /GPU/hr | RTX 3050 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Theta EdgeCloud
|
On-Demand $0.13 | -- |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.24 | -- |
Runpod
|
On-Demand $0.24 | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.07 |
Vast.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.14 |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3050 on Sept. 14, 2026.