The RTX 6000 Ada is newer and has 2x the memory, with about the same bandwidth. The RTX 3090 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on RTX 6000 Ada
- RTX 3090
- 24 GB
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
Within 5%
- RTX 3090
- 936 GB/s
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
83% cheaper on RTX 3090
- RTX 3090
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
- RTX 6000 Ada
- $0.58 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3090 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.19 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | $1.07 /GPU/hr from $0.58 | 82% cheaper on RTX 3090 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo) | $1.13 /GPU/hr from $0.55 (6 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.40 |
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 spot on the RTX 6000 Ada: 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 6000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3090 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6X | 48 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 936 GB/s | 960 GB/s | Within 5% |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 728.5 TFLOPS | RTX 6000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 71.2 TFLOPS | 364.2 TFLOPS | 5.1x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| INT8 | 284.7 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 35.6 TFLOPS | 91.1 TFLOPS | 2.6x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on RTX 3090 only |
| Board power | 350 W | 300 W | 17% higher on RTX 3090 |
| Released | Q3 2020 | Q4 2022 | 2 years newer on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 3090 datasheet and RTX 6000 Ada 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 6000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.58 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.15 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
$0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$0.45 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
$0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.22 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
SwissGPU
Switzerland
|
$0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Verda
Finland
|
-- | $1.18 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $1.26 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
9 providers list the RTX 3090 and 14 the RTX 6000 Ada. Every listing is on the RTX 3090 page and the RTX 6000 Ada page.
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3090 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.