A consumer GPU against a workstation card, one Ampere and one Ada Lovelace: 12 GB GDDR6 against 20 GB GDDR6 and 29% more memory bandwidth on the RTX 3060.
At a glance
Memory
- RTX 3060
- 12 GB
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- 20 GB
1.7x more on RTX 4000 SFF Ada
Memory bandwidth
- RTX 3060
- 360 GB/s
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- 280 GB/s
1.3x higher on RTX 3060
Cheapest on-demand
- RTX 3060
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- $0.43 /GPU/hr
10x more expensive on RTX 4000 SFF Ada
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3060 | RTX 4000 SFF Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.08 /GPU/hr from $0.04 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.43 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 (3 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 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 3060 vs RTX 4000 SFF Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3060 | RTX 4000 SFF Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR6 | 20 GB GDDR6 | 1.7x more on RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
| Bandwidth | 360 GB/s | 280 GB/s | 1.3x higher on RTX 3060 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 160-bit | 1.2x wider on RTX 3060 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 153.4 TFLOPS | RTX 4000 SFF Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 25.5 TFLOPS | 76.7 TFLOPS | 3x higher on RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
| INT8 | 101.9 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 12.7 TFLOPS | 19.2 TFLOPS | 1.5x higher on RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 170 W | 70 W | 2.4x higher on RTX 3060 |
| Released | Q1 2021 | Q2 2023 | 2 years newer on RTX 4000 SFF 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 SFF Ada datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3060 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4000 SFF Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.