The RTX 3090 is newer, with 3x the memory and 2.2x the bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on RTX 3090
- RTX 3090
- 24 GB
- RTX 4000
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.2x higher on RTX 3090
- RTX 3090
- 936 GB/s
- RTX 4000
- 416 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
82% cheaper on RTX 3090
- RTX 3090
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4000
- $0.56 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3090 | RTX 4000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.21 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.56 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 | 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 3090 and on-demand on the RTX 4000: 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 3090 vs RTX 4000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3090 | RTX 4000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6X | 8 GB GDDR6 | 3x more on RTX 3090 |
| Bandwidth | 936 GB/s | 416 GB/s | 2.2x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 50% wider on RTX 3090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 71.2 TFLOPS | 57 TFLOPS | 25% higher on RTX 3090 |
| INT8 | 284.7 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 35.6 TFLOPS | 7.1 TFLOPS | 5x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on RTX 3090 only |
| Board power | 350 W | 160 W | 2.2x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Released | Q3 2020 | Q4 2018 | 2 years newer on RTX 3090 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 3090 datasheet and RTX 4000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. No provider we track offers both right now.
| Provider | RTX 3090 | RTX 4000 |
|---|---|---|
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
$0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.15 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
$0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
$0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Paperspace
USA
|
-- | $0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand |
10 providers list the RTX 3090 and 1 the RTX 4000. Every listing is on the RTX 3090 page and the RTX 4000 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 5090
32 GB GDDR7 · 91% more bandwidth than the RTX 3090
From $0.35 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X · PCIe only
From $0.26 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
24 GB GDDR6X · PCIe only
From $0.19 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
20 GB GDDR6 · 13% less bandwidth than the RTX 4000
From $0.20 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia A4000
16 GB GDDR6 · released Q2 2021
From $0.08 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia RTX 3090 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4000 on Sept. 14, 2026.