Nvidia RTX 3060 vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada

Nvidia RTX 3060 wins twice: it rents for 15.7x less per hour and still buys 1.1x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU4.0x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Memory bandwidth2.7x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
FP16 / BF16 dense14.3x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Board power1.8x 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 3060 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Cheapest listed $0.03 $0.45
Median across providers $0.04 $0.74
Most expensive listed $0.06 $1.57
Providers 2 7
Reporting stock 1 4
One month, 730 hours $21 $329

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3060 or the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3060 starts at $0.03 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada at $0.45. Nvidia RTX 3060 wins twice: it rents for 15.7x less per hour and still buys 1.1x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 3060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.03 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada: 4 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.45 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3060: $21 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada: $329 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.