Why choose the RTX 3060?

12GB GDDR6 with Ampere Tensor Cores. Budget GPU with decent VRAM for its price tier. Can run small quantized models.

When is the RTX 3060 not a good fit?

Limited compute and bandwidth. 12GB is minimum for useful AI work. Subject to Nvidia's consumer EULA, which may restrict data center use.

Are RTX 3060 prices going up or down?

The median on-demand price has held steady around $0.07/hr per GPU across providers.

What size AI models can the RTX 3060 run?

With 12GB of VRAM, the RTX 3060 is best for 7B-class models in 4-bit or 8-bit quantized form, and smaller models in FP16.

How much VRAM does the RTX 3060 have?

The RTX 3060 has 12GB of VRAM. Multi-GPU setups increase total memory, but that memory is not automatically pooled across GPUs.

What is the RTX 3060's memory bandwidth?

The RTX 3060 has 360 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Higher bandwidth helps with faster data transfer between GPU memory and compute cores.

What data types does the RTX 3060 support?

The RTX 3060 supports 6 precision formats. Training: BF16, FP16, TF32, FP32. Inference: INT4, INT8.

Does the RTX 3060 support NVLink?

No. The RTX 3060 is a PCIe-only GPU with no NVLink, so it is better suited to single-GPU inference and smaller-scale workloads than large distributed training jobs.

How much does the RTX 3060 cost per hour?

RTX 3060 pricing currently ranges from $0.03/hr to $0.09/hr per GPU, depending on the provider, instance type, and billing model.

How much does the RTX 3060 cost per month?

At 720 hours per month, one RTX 3060 can cost between $20.02 to $62.60 per month, depending on the provider. Reserved and spot pricing can lower that further.

Which cloud providers offer the RTX 3060?

The RTX 3060 is available from 3 cloud providers: Salad, Theta EdgeCloud, Vast.ai.

Can I rent the RTX 3060 in the cloud?

Yes. We currently track 17 RTX 3060 listings across 3 cloud providers: Billing type Listings Avg $/GPU/hr On-demand 8 $0.05/hr Reserved 4 $0.06/hr Spot 5 $0.04/hr

Nvidia RTX 3060

Best budget Ampere option for small model fine-tuning.

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Key Specifications

Architecture

Ampere

Memory

12GB GDDR6

Memory Bandwidth

360 GB/s

Release date

Q1 2021

RTX 3060 Pricing and Availability

For smaller projects, the RTX 3060 is available around $0.04/hr per GPU (on-demand). This tier offers a 49% discount compared to the higher end of the market ($0.07/hr). Spot instances start lower, at $0.03/hr per GPU.

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How this list works

The two views

By provider shows one card per company, placed where its best offer ranked. By configuration lists every offer.

Order

What you can rent comes first: in stock, then waitlist, then not reported, then out of stock. Priced offers rank ahead of quote-only, and on-demand ahead of other billing types.

Within a group, five factors set the order, largest first:

Location: datacenter proximity, blended with provider HQ.
Price: hourly price, per GPU and in total.
Billing type: reserved ahead of spot, spot ahead of quote-only.
Specs: more VRAM, vCPUs and RAM.
Provider diversity: in By configuration, a provider's repeat rows rank slightly lower, so one company can't take all the top spots.

Search

We match the provider, GPU model, form factor, billing type, availability and instance name. Matching is partial and case-insensitive. Everyday words work too, so "interruptible" finds spot and "sold out" finds out of stock.

Transparency and funding

Ads and sponsors: Paid placements sit at the top of the list and are always labeled as sponsored content. Sponsorship never influences the organic ranking itself.
Affiliates: Affiliate links are marked. We may earn a commission if you click them, but commissions never affect the order.
Prices: Shown in USD, converted at daily reference rates where a provider publishes in another currency. A month means 720 hours. How we estimate costs.

Vast.ai Our sponsor

USA 14 configs 1x-8x

On-Demand from $0.0356 Reserved from $0.0454 Spot from $0.0278

From $0.0356 / GPU / hr On-Demand Visit website

Theta EdgeCloud In stock

USA 1 config 1x

On-Demand from $0.07

From $0.07 / GPU / hr On-Demand Visit website


1x RTX 3060	12GB	12	23GB	On-Demand	$0.07	$0.07	In stock

Salad

USA 2 configs 1x

On-Demand from $0.0400

From $0.0400 / GPU / hr On-Demand Visit website


1x RTX 3060	12GB	4	8GB	On-Demand	$0.0400	$0.0400	Not reported
1x RTX 3060	8GB	4	8GB	On-Demand	$0.05	$0.05	Not reported

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why choose the RTX 3060?: 12GB GDDR6 with Ampere Tensor Cores. Budget GPU with decent VRAM for its price tier. Can run small quantized models.
When is the RTX 3060 not a good fit?: Limited compute and bandwidth. 12GB is minimum for useful AI work. Subject to Nvidia's consumer EULA, which may restrict data center use.
Are RTX 3060 prices going up or down?: The median on-demand price has held steady around $0.07/hr per GPU across providers.
What size AI models can the RTX 3060 run?: With 12GB of VRAM, the RTX 3060 is best for 7B-class models in 4-bit or 8-bit quantized form, and smaller models in FP16.
How much VRAM does the RTX 3060 have?: The RTX 3060 has 12GB of VRAM. Multi-GPU setups increase total memory, but that memory is not automatically pooled across GPUs.
What is the RTX 3060's memory bandwidth?: The RTX 3060 has 360 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Higher bandwidth helps with faster data transfer between GPU memory and compute cores.
What data types does the RTX 3060 support?: The RTX 3060 supports 6 precision formats. Training: BF16, FP16, TF32, FP32. Inference: INT4, INT8.
Does the RTX 3060 support NVLink?: No. The RTX 3060 is a PCIe-only GPU with no NVLink, so it is better suited to single-GPU inference and smaller-scale workloads than large distributed training jobs.
How much does the RTX 3060 cost per hour?: RTX 3060 pricing currently ranges from $0.03/hr to $0.09/hr per GPU, depending on the provider, instance type, and billing model.
How much does the RTX 3060 cost per month?: At 720 hours per month, one RTX 3060 can cost between $20.02 to $62.60 per month, depending on the provider. Reserved and spot pricing can lower that further.
Which cloud providers offer the RTX 3060?: The RTX 3060 is available from 3 cloud providers: Salad, Theta EdgeCloud, Vast.ai.
Can I rent the RTX 3060 in the cloud?: Yes. We currently track 17 RTX 3060 listings across 3 cloud providers:

Billing type Listings Avg $/GPU/hr

On-demand 8 $0.05/hr

Reserved 4 $0.06/hr

Spot 5 $0.04/hr