The RTX 4000 Ada is newer and has 67% more memory, with the same bandwidth. The RTX 3060 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
67% more on RTX 4000 Ada
- RTX 3060
- 12 GB
- RTX 4000 Ada
- 20 GB
Memory bandwidth
Identical
- RTX 3060
- 360 GB/s
- RTX 4000 Ada
- 360 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
72% cheaper on RTX 3060
- RTX 3060
- $0.06 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4000 Ada
- $0.20 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3060 | RTX 4000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 | $0.51 /GPU/hr from $0.20 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.18 (3 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.13 |
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, reserved and spot on the RTX 3060 and reserved and spot on the RTX 4000 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 3060 vs RTX 4000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3060 | RTX 4000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR6 | 20 GB GDDR6 | 67% more on RTX 4000 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 360 GB/s | 360 GB/s | Identical |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 160-bit | 20% wider on RTX 3060 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 213.8 TFLOPS | RTX 4000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 25.5 TFLOPS | 106.9 TFLOPS | 4.2x higher on RTX 4000 Ada |
| INT8 | 101.9 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 12.7 TFLOPS | 26.7 TFLOPS | 2.1x higher on RTX 4000 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 170 W | 130 W | 31% higher on RTX 3060 |
| Released | Q1 2021 | Q3 2023 | 2 years newer on RTX 4000 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
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 Ada datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | RTX 3060 | RTX 4000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.06 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.20 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.28 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Akamai Cloud
USA
|
-- | $0.52 /GPU/hr On-demand |
DigitalOcean
USA
|
-- | $0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $0.87 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3060 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.