Two Nvidia consumer GPUs, one Ampere and one Blackwell: 24 GB GDDR6X against 16 GB GDDR7, 83% more memory bandwidth on the RTX 3090, and NVLink 112 GB/s on the RTX 3090 where the RTX 5060 Ti is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 5 minutes ago- Memory
- 24 GB
- GDDR6X
- Memory bandwidth
- 936 GB/s
- From
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
- 10 providers
- Memory
- 16 GB
- GDDR7
- Memory bandwidth
- 512 GB/s
- From
- $0.08 /GPU/hr
- 3 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | RTX 3090 | RTX 5060 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.10 | $0.08 | 23% cheaper on RTX 5060 Ti |
| Spot | $0.05 | $0.07 | 28% cheaper on RTX 3090 |
| Reserved | $0.06 | $0.09 | 34% cheaper on RTX 3090 |
| Median | $0.28 | $0.14 | 49% cheaper on RTX 5060 Ti |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
RTX 3090 vs RTX 5060 Ti price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3090 | RTX 5060 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6X | 16 GB GDDR7 | 1.5x more on RTX 3090 |
| Bandwidth | 936 GB/s | 512 GB/s | 1.8x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 128-bit | 3x wider on RTX 3090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 379.5 TFLOPS | RTX 5060 Ti only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 94.8 TFLOPS | RTX 5060 Ti only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 71.2 TFLOPS | 47.4 TFLOPS | 1.5x higher on RTX 3090 |
| INT8 | 284.7 TOPS | 189.6 TOPS | 1.5x higher on RTX 3090 |
| FP32 | 35.6 TFLOPS | 23.7 TFLOPS | 1.5x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on RTX 3090 only |
| Board power | 350 W | 180 W | 1.9x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Released | Q3 2020 | Q2 2025 | 5 years newer on RTX 5060 Ti |
| 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 3090 datasheet and RTX 5060 Ti datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | RTX 3090 /GPU/hr | RTX 5060 Ti /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.12 | On-Demand $0.08 |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
On-Demand $0.13 | On-Demand $0.10 |
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.25 | On-Demand $0.18 |
HyperAI
|
On-Demand $0.10 | -- |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.13 | -- |
Lium
|
On-Demand $0.13 | -- |
Runpod
|
On-Demand $0.22 | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
On-Demand $0.30 | -- |
10 providers list the RTX 3090 and 3 the RTX 5060 Ti. Every listing is on the RTX 3090 page and the RTX 5060 Ti page.
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3090 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti on Sept. 7, 2026.