Nvidia GTX 1660 vs Nvidia RTX 5090

Nvidia GTX 1660 rents for 4.0x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5090 buys 5.1x 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 GPU5.3x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
Memory bandwidth9.3x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
FP16 / BF16 dense20.7x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
Board power4.8x 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 5090
Cheapest listed $0.07 $0.28
Median across providers $0.07 $0.65
Most expensive listed $0.07 $0.70
Providers 2 5
Reporting stock 1 4
One month, 730 hours $51 $206

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia GTX 1660 or the Nvidia RTX 5090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia GTX 1660 starts at $0.07 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5090 at $0.28. Nvidia GTX 1660 rents for 4.0x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5090 buys 5.1x 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 5090: 4 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.28 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia GTX 1660: $51 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5090: $206 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.