Nvidia GTX 1660 vs Nvidia RTX 4090

Nvidia GTX 1660 rents for 1.6x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4090 buys 10.4x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU4.0x on the Nvidia RTX 4090
Memory bandwidth5.3x on the Nvidia RTX 4090
FP16 / BF16 dense16.4x on the Nvidia RTX 4090
Board power3.8x on the Nvidia GTX 1660

Figures are the vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia GTX 1660 Nvidia RTX 4090
Cheapest listed $0.07 $0.11
Median across providers $0.07 $0.37
Most expensive listed $0.07 $0.49
Providers 2 6
Reporting stock 1 4
One month, 730 hours $51 $80

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia GTX 1660 or the Nvidia RTX 4090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia GTX 1660 starts at $0.07 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4090 at $0.11. Nvidia GTX 1660 rents for 1.6x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4090 buys 10.4x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia GTX 1660: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.07 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 4090: 4 of 6 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.11 at Lium.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia GTX 1660: $51 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4090: $80 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.