Nvidia RTX 3060 vs Nvidia RTX 4090

The RTX 4090 is newer, with 2x the memory and 2.8x the bandwidth. The RTX 3060 is typically cheaper.

At a glance

Memory

2x more on RTX 4090

RTX 3060: 12 GB

RTX 4090: 24 GB

Memory bandwidth

2.8x higher on RTX 4090

RTX 3060: 360 GB/s

RTX 4090: 1,010 GB/s

Cheapest on-demand

80% cheaper on RTX 3060

RTX 3060: $0.05 /GPU/hr

RTX 4090: $0.26 /GPU/hr

Price comparison

Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.

Billing	RTX 3060	RTX 4090	Difference
On-demand	$0.08 /GPU/hr from $0.05	$0.46 /GPU/hr from $0.26	83% cheaper on RTX 3060
Reserved	-- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo)	$0.52 /GPU/hr from $0.24 (48 mo)
Spot	-- /GPU/hr from $0.03	$0.33 /GPU/hr from $0.16

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: 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 4090 price history

Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour

Last 12 months

Aggregating historical prices...

Specs comparison

Spec	RTX 3060	RTX 4090	Difference
Memory
Capacity	12 GB GDDR6	24 GB GDDR6X	2x more on RTX 4090
Bandwidth	360 GB/s	1,010 GB/s	2.8x higher on RTX 4090
Bus width	192-bit	384-bit	2x wider on RTX 4090
Compute · dense
FP8	Not supported	330.3 TFLOPS	RTX 4090 only
FP16 / BF16	25.5 TFLOPS	165.2 TFLOPS	6.5x higher on RTX 4090
INT8	101.9 TOPS	660.6 TOPS	6.5x higher on RTX 4090
FP32	12.7 TFLOPS	82.6 TFLOPS	6.5x higher on RTX 4090
Platform
Interconnect	PCIe only	PCIe only
Board power	170 W	450 W	2.6x higher on RTX 4090
Released	Q1 2021	Q4 2022	2 years newer on RTX 4090
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 4090 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 4090
Vast.ai USA	$0.05 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand
Theta EdgeCloud Distributed	$0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.26 /GPU/hr On-demand
Salad Distributed	$0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand	--
Runpod USA	--	$0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand
GPU.ai UAE	--	$0.36 /GPU/hr On-demand
Packet·ai USA	--	$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand
GPUhub Singapore	--	$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand
Lium Distributed	--	$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand
Sesterce France	--	$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand