The RTX 4070 is newer and has 40% more bandwidth, with the same 12 GB of memory. The RTX 3060 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- RTX 3060
- 12 GB
- RTX 4070
- 12 GB
Memory bandwidth
40% higher on RTX 4070
- RTX 3060
- 360 GB/s
- RTX 4070
- 504 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
52% cheaper on RTX 3060
- RTX 3060
- $0.05 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4070
- $0.11 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3060 | RTX 4070 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 | $0.15 /GPU/hr from $0.11 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 (48 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 |
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 4070: 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 4070 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3060 | RTX 4070 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6X | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 360 GB/s | 504 GB/s | 40% higher on RTX 4070 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 192-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 116.6 TFLOPS | RTX 4070 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 25.5 TFLOPS | 58.3 TFLOPS | 2.3x higher on RTX 4070 |
| INT8 | 101.9 TOPS | 233.2 TOPS | 2.3x higher on RTX 4070 |
| FP32 | 12.7 TFLOPS | 29.1 TFLOPS | 2.3x higher on RTX 4070 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 170 W | 200 W | 18% higher on RTX 4070 |
| Released | Q1 2021 | Q2 2023 | 2 years newer on RTX 4070 |
| 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 4070 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 4070 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.15 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.16 /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
From $0.08 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6 · 24% more bandwidth than the RTX 3060
From $0.07 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 3060 Ti
8 GB GDDR6 · 24% more bandwidth than the RTX 3060
From $0.08 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 5070
12 GB GDDR7 · 33% more bandwidth than the RTX 4070
From $0.13 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 4060 Ti
16 GB GDDR6 · 43% less bandwidth than the RTX 4070
From $0.09 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia RTX 3060 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4070 on Sept. 14, 2026.