The RTX 5090 is newer, with 2.7x the memory and 5x the bandwidth. The RTX 3060 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2.7x more on RTX 5090
- RTX 3060
- 12 GB
- RTX 5090
- 32 GB
Memory bandwidth
5x higher on RTX 5090
- RTX 3060
- 360 GB/s
- RTX 5090
- 1,792 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
84% cheaper on RTX 3060
- RTX 3060
- $0.06 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5090
- $0.35 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3060 | RTX 5090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 | $0.69 /GPU/hr from $0.35 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo) | $0.59 /GPU/hr from $0.21 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 | $0.48 /GPU/hr from $0.25 |
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: 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 5090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3060 | RTX 5090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR6 | 32 GB GDDR7 | 2.7x more on RTX 5090 |
| Bandwidth | 360 GB/s | 1,792 GB/s | 5x higher on RTX 5090 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 512-bit | 2.7x wider on RTX 5090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 1,676 TFLOPS | RTX 5090 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 419 TFLOPS | RTX 5090 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 25.5 TFLOPS | 209.5 TFLOPS | 8.2x higher on RTX 5090 |
| INT8 | 101.9 TOPS | 838 TOPS | 8.2x higher on RTX 5090 |
| FP32 | 12.7 TFLOPS | 104.8 TFLOPS | 8.3x higher on RTX 5090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 170 W | 575 W | 3.4x higher on RTX 5090 |
| Released | Q1 2021 | Q1 2025 | 4 years newer on RTX 5090 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
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 5090 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 5090 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.06 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPUhub
Singapore
|
-- | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Nova Cloud
Canada
|
-- | $0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $0.71 /GPU/hr On-demand |
2 providers list the RTX 3060 and 23 the RTX 5090. Every listing is on the RTX 3060 page and the RTX 5090 page.
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Nvidia RTX 4090
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3060 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5090 on Sept. 14, 2026.