The RTX 4000 has 16% more bandwidth, while the RTX 3060 is newer and has 50% more memory. The RTX 3060 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
50% more on RTX 3060
- RTX 3060
- 12 GB
- RTX 4000
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
16% higher on RTX 4000
- RTX 3060
- 360 GB/s
- RTX 4000
- 416 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
91% cheaper on RTX 3060
- RTX 3060
- $0.05 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4000
- $0.56 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3060 | RTX 4000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.08 /GPU/hr from $0.05 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.56 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 (6 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| 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 reserved and spot on the RTX 3060 and on-demand on the RTX 4000: 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 3060 vs RTX 4000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3060 | RTX 4000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 50% more on RTX 3060 |
| Bandwidth | 360 GB/s | 416 GB/s | 16% higher on RTX 4000 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 256-bit | 33% wider on RTX 4000 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 25.5 TFLOPS | 57 TFLOPS | 2.2x higher on RTX 4000 |
| INT8 | 101.9 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 12.7 TFLOPS | 7.1 TFLOPS | 79% higher on RTX 3060 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 170 W | 160 W | 6% higher on RTX 3060 |
| Released | Q1 2021 | Q4 2018 | 2 years newer on RTX 3060 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
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 4000 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 3060 | RTX 4000 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
$0.07 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Paperspace
USA
|
-- | $0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 · 24% less bandwidth than the RTX 3060
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Nvidia RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6 · 24% more bandwidth than the RTX 3060
From $0.08 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6 · 24% more bandwidth than the RTX 3060
From $0.06 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
20 GB GDDR6 · 13% less bandwidth than the RTX 4000
From $0.20 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia A4000
16 GB GDDR6 · released Q2 2021
From $0.08 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia RTX 3060 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4000 on Sept. 14, 2026.