The RTX 4000 SFF Ada is newer, with 2.5x the memory and 25% more bandwidth. The RTX 3050 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2.5x more on RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- RTX 3050
- 8 GB
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- 20 GB
Memory bandwidth
25% higher on RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- RTX 3050
- 224 GB/s
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- 280 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
83% cheaper on RTX 3050
- RTX 3050
- $0.07 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- $0.42 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3050 | RTX 4000 SFF Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.42 | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 | No spot listings |
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 on-demand on the RTX 4000 SFF Ada: 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 4000 SFF Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3050 | RTX 4000 SFF Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR6 | 20 GB GDDR6 | 2.5x more on RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
| Bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 280 GB/s | 25% higher on RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 160-bit | 25% wider on RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 153.4 TFLOPS | RTX 4000 SFF Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 18.2 TFLOPS | 76.7 TFLOPS | 4.2x higher on RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
| INT8 | 72.8 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 9.1 TFLOPS | 19.2 TFLOPS | 2.1x higher on RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 130 W | 70 W | 86% higher on RTX 3050 |
| Released | Q1 2022 | Q2 2023 | 14 months newer on RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 3050 datasheet and RTX 4000 SFF Ada 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 | RTX 3050 | RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
|---|---|---|
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Hetzner
Germany
|
-- | $0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Koyeb
France
|
-- | $0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.18 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6 · 2x the bandwidth of the RTX 3050
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Nvidia L4
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3050 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4000 SFF Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.