The RTX 4090 has 3x the memory and 2.3x the bandwidth. The RTX 5060 is newer and cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on RTX 4090
- RTX 4090
- 24 GB
- RTX 5060
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.3x higher on RTX 4090
- RTX 4090
- 1,010 GB/s
- RTX 5060
- 448 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
71% cheaper on RTX 5060
- RTX 4090
- $0.33 /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 4090 | RTX 5060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.46 /GPU/hr from $0.33 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.10 | |
| Reserved | $0.52 /GPU/hr from $0.29 (1 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.09 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | $0.33 /GPU/hr from $0.16 | -- /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 on-demand, 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 4090 vs RTX 5060 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 4090 | RTX 5060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6X | 8 GB GDDR7 | 3x more on RTX 4090 |
| Bandwidth | 1,010 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 2.3x higher on RTX 4090 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 128-bit | 3x wider on RTX 4090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 307 TFLOPS | RTX 5060 only |
| FP8 | 330.3 TFLOPS | 76.8 TFLOPS | 4.3x higher on RTX 4090 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 165.2 TFLOPS | 38.4 TFLOPS | 4.3x higher on RTX 4090 |
| INT8 | 660.6 TOPS | 153.6 TOPS | 4.3x higher on RTX 4090 |
| FP32 | 82.6 TFLOPS | 19.2 TFLOPS | 4.3x higher on RTX 4090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 450 W | 145 W | 3.1x higher on RTX 4090 |
| Released | Q4 2022 | Q2 2025 | 3 years newer on RTX 5060 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 4090 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 4090 | RTX 5060 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Packet·ai
USA
|
$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPUhub
Singapore
|
$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
$0.58 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Oblivus
USA
|
$0.64 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Database Mart
USA
|
-- | $0.12 /GPU/hr Reserved |
21 providers list the RTX 4090 and 3 the RTX 5060. Every listing is on the RTX 4090 page and the RTX 5060 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 5090
32 GB GDDR7 · 77% more bandwidth than the RTX 4090
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Nvidia L40S
48 GB GDDR6 · 14% less bandwidth than the RTX 4090
From $0.55 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X · NVLink 112 GB/s
From $0.10 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti
16 GB GDDR7 · released Q2 2025
From $0.11 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 5070
12 GB GDDR7 · 50% more bandwidth than the RTX 5060
From $0.13 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia RTX 4090 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5060 on Sept. 14, 2026.