Nvidia RTX 2070 vs Nvidia RTX 3090

Nvidia RTX 2070 rents for 1.4x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 3090 buys 1.6x 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 GPU3.0x on the Nvidia RTX 3090
Memory bandwidth2.1x on the Nvidia RTX 3090
FP16 / BF16 dense2.4x on the Nvidia RTX 3090
Board power2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 2070

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 2070 Nvidia RTX 3090
Cheapest listed $0.05 $0.07
Median across providers $0.06 $0.16
Most expensive listed $0.07 $0.22
Providers 2 3
Reporting stock 1 3
One month, 730 hours $34 $49

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 2070 or the Nvidia RTX 3090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 2070 starts at $0.05 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3090 at $0.07. Nvidia RTX 2070 rents for 1.4x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 3090 buys 1.6x 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 2070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 3090: 3 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.07 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 2070: $34 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3090: $49 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.