Nvidia RTX 2060 vs Nvidia RTX 3070

Nvidia RTX 2060 rents for 1.3x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 3070 buys 1.2x 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 GPU1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 3070
Memory bandwidth1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 3070
FP16 / BF16 dense1.6x on the Nvidia RTX 3070
Board power1.4x on the Nvidia RTX 2060

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 RTX 2060 Nvidia RTX 3070
Cheapest listed $0.04 $0.05
Median across providers $0.04 $0.07
Most expensive listed $0.05 $0.13
Providers 2 3
Reporting stock 1 2
One month, 730 hours $29 $39

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 2060 or the Nvidia RTX 3070 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 2060 starts at $0.04 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3070 at $0.05. Nvidia RTX 2060 rents for 1.3x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 3070 buys 1.2x 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 RTX 2060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 3070: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 2060: $29 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3070: $39 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.