Two Nvidia consumer GPUs on the Ampere architecture: 12 GB GDDR6 against 24 GB GDDR6X, 2.6x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 3090, and NVLink 112 GB/s on the RTX 3090 where the RTX 3060 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 6 minutes ago- Memory
- 12 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 360 GB/s
- From
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- 3 providers
- Memory
- 24 GB
- GDDR6X
- Memory bandwidth
- 936 GB/s
- From
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
- 10 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | RTX 3060 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.04 | $0.10 | 2.6x more expensive on RTX 3090 |
| Spot | $0.03 | $0.07 | 2.4x more expensive on RTX 3090 |
| Reserved | $0.05 | $0.06 | 16% cheaper on RTX 3060 |
| Median | $0.05 | $0.25 | 4.6x 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 3060 vs RTX 3090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3060 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6X | 2x more on RTX 3090 |
| Bandwidth | 360 GB/s | 936 GB/s | 2.6x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 384-bit | 2x wider on RTX 3090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 25.5 TFLOPS | 71.2 TFLOPS | 2.8x higher on RTX 3090 |
| INT8 | 101.9 TOPS | 284.7 TOPS | 2.8x higher on RTX 3090 |
| FP32 | 12.7 TFLOPS | 35.6 TFLOPS | 2.8x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 112 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 3090 only |
| Board power | 170 W | 350 W | 2.1x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Released | Q1 2021 | Q3 2020 | |
| 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 3060 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 3060 /GPU/hr | RTX 3090 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Theta EdgeCloud
|
On-Demand $0.0390 | On-Demand $0.13 |
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.0489 | On-Demand $0.12 |
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.08 | On-Demand $0.25 |
HyperAI
|
-- | On-Demand $0.10 |
Lium
|
-- | On-Demand $0.13 |
GPU.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.21 |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
-- | On-Demand $0.45 |
SwissGPU
|
-- | On-Demand $0.31 |
3 providers list the RTX 3060 and 10 the RTX 3090. Every listing is on the RTX 3060 page and the RTX 3090 page.
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3060 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3090 on Sept. 7, 2026.