The RTX PRO 5000 is newer, with 4x the memory and 3.7x the bandwidth. The RTX 3060 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
4x more on RTX PRO 5000
- RTX 3060
- 12 GB
- RTX PRO 5000
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
3.7x higher on RTX PRO 5000
- RTX 3060
- 360 GB/s
- RTX PRO 5000
- 1,344 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
91% cheaper on RTX 3060
- RTX 3060
- $0.05 /GPU/hr
- RTX PRO 5000
- $0.60 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3060 | RTX PRO 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.08 /GPU/hr from $0.05 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.60 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 (1 mo) | $0.78 /GPU/hr from $0.50 (24 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.17 |
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 and spot on the RTX PRO 5000: 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 PRO 5000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3060 | RTX PRO 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR7 | 4x more on RTX PRO 5000 |
| Bandwidth | 360 GB/s | 1,344 GB/s | 3.7x higher on RTX PRO 5000 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 512-bit | 2.7x wider on RTX PRO 5000 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 1,032 TFLOPS | RTX PRO 5000 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 516 TFLOPS | RTX PRO 5000 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 25.5 TFLOPS | 258 TFLOPS | 10x higher on RTX PRO 5000 |
| INT8 | 101.9 TOPS | 516 TOPS | 5.1x higher on RTX PRO 5000 |
| FP32 | 12.7 TFLOPS | 65 TFLOPS | 5.1x higher on RTX PRO 5000 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 170 W | 300 W | 76% higher on RTX PRO 5000 |
| Released | Q1 2021 | Q1 2025 | 4 years newer on RTX PRO 5000 |
| 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 PRO 5000 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 PRO 5000 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
$0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.82 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Database Mart
USA
|
-- | $0.50 /GPU/hr Reserved |
Contabo
Germany
|
-- | $1.08 /GPU/hr Reserved |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3060 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 on Sept. 14, 2026.