A consumer GPU against a data center card, one Ampere and one Turing: 24 GB GDDR6X against 16 GB GDDR6, 3.1x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 3090, and NVLink 112 GB/s on the RTX 3090 where the T4 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- RTX 3090
- 24 GB
- T4
- 16 GB
1.5x more on RTX 3090
Memory bandwidth
- RTX 3090
- 936 GB/s
- T4
- 300 GB/s
3.1x higher on RTX 3090
Cheapest on-demand
- RTX 3090
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
- T4
- $0.12 /GPU/hr
18% cheaper on RTX 3090
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3090 | T4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.24 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | $0.64 /GPU/hr from $0.12 | 2.7x more expensive on T4 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo) | $0.43 /GPU/hr from $0.20 (36 mo) | |
| Spot | $0.13 /GPU/hr from $0.08 | $0.26 /GPU/hr from $0.06 | 2x more expensive on T4 |
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 on the RTX 3090: 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 T4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3090 | T4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6X | 16 GB GDDR6 | 1.5x more on RTX 3090 |
| Bandwidth | 936 GB/s | 300 GB/s | 3.1x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 1.5x wider on RTX 3090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 71.2 TFLOPS | 65 TFLOPS | 1.1x higher on RTX 3090 |
| INT8 | 284.7 TOPS | 130 TOPS | 2.2x higher on RTX 3090 |
| FP32 | 35.6 TFLOPS | 8.1 TFLOPS | 4.4x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on RTX 3090 only |
| Board power | 350 W | 70 W | 5x higher on RTX 3090 |
| Released | Q3 2020 | Q3 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 T4 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 | T4 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.13 | On-Demand $0.12 |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
On-Demand $0.13 | On-Demand $0.20 |
HyperAI
|
On-Demand $0.10 | -- |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.16 | -- |
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.17 | -- |
Runpod
|
On-Demand $0.22 | -- |
Lium
|
On-Demand $0.24 | -- |
SwissGPU
|
On-Demand $0.31 | -- |
Zenlayer
|
-- | On-Demand $0.56 |
Hugging Face
|
-- | On-Demand $0.40 |
Google Cloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.42 |
AWS
|
-- | On-Demand $0.53 |
Azure
|
-- | On-Demand $0.53 |
Cerebrium
|
-- | On-Demand $0.59 |
10 providers list the RTX 3090 and 11 the T4. Every listing is on the RTX 3090 page and the T4 page.
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3090 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia T4 on Sept. 7, 2026.