Two Nvidia consumer GPUs on the Ampere architecture: 8 GB GDDR6 against 24 GB GDDR6X, 4.2x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 3090, and NVLink 112 GB/s on the RTX 3090 where the RTX 3050 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 9 minutes ago- Memory
- 8 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 224 GB/s
- From
- $0.07 /GPU/hr
- 1 provider
- Memory
- 24 GB
- GDDR6X
- Memory bandwidth
- 936 GB/s
- From
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
- 7 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | RTX 3050 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.07 | $0.10 | 30% cheaper on RTX 3050 |
| Spot | $0.03 | $0.09 | 3x more expensive on RTX 3090 |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $0.06 | |
| Median | $0.07 | $0.31 | 4.4x more expensive on RTX 3090 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
RTX 3050 vs RTX 3090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3050 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6X | 3x more on RTX 3090 |
| Bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 936 GB/s | 4.2x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 384-bit | 3x wider on RTX 3090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 18.2 TFLOPS | 71.2 TFLOPS | 3.9x higher on RTX 3090 |
| INT8 | 72.8 TOPS | 284.7 TOPS | 3.9x higher on RTX 3090 |
| FP32 | 9.1 TFLOPS | 35.6 TFLOPS | 3.9x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 112 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 3090 only |
| Board power | 130 W | 350 W | 2.7x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Released | Q1 2022 | Q3 2020 | 16 months newer on RTX 3050 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 3050 datasheet and RTX 3090 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | RTX 3050 /GPU/hr | RTX 3090 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.07 | On-Demand $0.25 |
HyperAI
|
-- | On-Demand $0.10 |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.13 |
SwissGPU
|
-- | On-Demand $0.31 |
TensorDock
|
-- | On-Demand $0.31 |
Runpod
|
-- | Reservation on request |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
-- | On-Demand $0.40 |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3050 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3090 on Sept. 7, 2026.