Nvidia RTX 2080 vs Nvidia RTX 3060

Nvidia RTX 3060 wins twice: it rents for 4.3x less per hour and still buys 2.7x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU1.5x on the Nvidia RTX 3060
Memory bandwidth1.2x on the Nvidia RTX 2080
FP16 / BF16 dense1.6x on the Nvidia RTX 2080
Board power1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 3060

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 2080 Nvidia RTX 3060
Cheapest listed $0.12 $0.03
Median across providers $0.43 $0.04
Most expensive listed $0.74 $0.06
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 1 1
One month, 730 hours $89 $21

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 2080 or the Nvidia RTX 3060 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 2080 starts at $0.12 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3060 at $0.03. Nvidia RTX 3060 wins twice: it rents for 4.3x less per hour and still buys 2.7x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 2080: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.12 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 3060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.03 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 2080: $89 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3060: $21 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.