The RTX 3060 has 50% more memory and 61% more bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
50% more on RTX 3060
- RTX 3050
- 8 GB
- RTX 3060
- 12 GB
Memory bandwidth
61% higher on RTX 3060
- RTX 3050
- 224 GB/s
- RTX 3060
- 360 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
29% cheaper on RTX 3060
- RTX 3050
- $0.07 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3060
- $0.05 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3050 | RTX 3060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | $0.08 /GPU/hr from $0.05 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 (6 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 | -- /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 and spot on the RTX 3050 and 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
RTX 3050 vs RTX 3060 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3050 | RTX 3060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6 | 50% more on RTX 3060 |
| Bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 360 GB/s | 61% higher on RTX 3060 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 192-bit | 50% wider on RTX 3060 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 18.2 TFLOPS | 25.5 TFLOPS | 40% higher on RTX 3060 |
| INT8 | 72.8 TOPS | 101.9 TOPS | 40% higher on RTX 3060 |
| FP32 | 9.1 TFLOPS | 12.7 TFLOPS | 40% higher on RTX 3060 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 130 W | 170 W | 31% higher on RTX 3060 |
| Released | Q1 2022 | Q1 2021 | 11 months newer on RTX 3050 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | 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: RTX 3050 datasheet and RTX 3060 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | RTX 3050 | RTX 3060 |
|---|---|---|
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.0499 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.05 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 · 21% more bandwidth than the RTX 3050
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Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6 · 2x the bandwidth of the RTX 3050
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Nvidia RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6 · 24% more bandwidth than the RTX 3060
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3050 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3060 on Sept. 14, 2026.