The RTX 3090 has 3x the memory and 2.1x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on RTX 3090
- RTX 3090
- 24 GB
- RTX 5060
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.1x higher on RTX 3090
- RTX 3090
- 936 GB/s
- RTX 5060
- 448 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
Within 5%
- RTX 3090
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5060
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3090 | RTX 5060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.18 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | $0.11 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | 39% cheaper on RTX 5060 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 (3 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 | -- /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 reserved and spot on the RTX 3090 and reserved and spot on the RTX 5060: 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 5060 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3090 | RTX 5060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6X | 8 GB GDDR7 | 3x more on RTX 3090 |
| Bandwidth | 936 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 2.1x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 128-bit | 3x wider on RTX 3090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 307 TFLOPS | RTX 5060 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 76.8 TFLOPS | RTX 5060 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 71.2 TFLOPS | 38.4 TFLOPS | 85% higher on RTX 3090 |
| INT8 | 284.7 TOPS | 153.6 TOPS | 85% higher on RTX 3090 |
| FP32 | 35.6 TFLOPS | 19.2 TFLOPS | 85% higher on RTX 3090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on RTX 3090 only |
| Board power | 350 W | 145 W | 2.4x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Released | Q3 2020 | Q2 2025 | 5 years newer on RTX 5060 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 3090 datasheet and RTX 5060 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 3090 | RTX 5060 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.13 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
$0.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
$0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
$0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
SwissGPU
Switzerland
|
$0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Database Mart
USA
|
-- | $0.12 /GPU/hr Reserved |
9 providers list the RTX 3090 and 4 the RTX 5060. Every listing is on the RTX 3090 page and the RTX 5060 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 $0.33 /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 5060 Ti
16 GB GDDR7 · released Q2 2025
From $0.10 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 5070
12 GB GDDR7 · 50% more bandwidth than the RTX 5060
From $0.17 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia RTX 3090 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5060 on Sept. 14, 2026.