Nvidia RTX 3060 vs Nvidia V100

Nvidia RTX 3060 wins twice: it rents for 5.9x less per hour and still buys 1.2x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU2.7x on the Nvidia V100
Memory bandwidth2.5x on the Nvidia V100
FP16 / BF16 dense4.9x on the Nvidia V100
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 V100
Cheapest listed $0.03 $0.17
Median across providers $0.04 $0.39
Most expensive listed $0.06 $2.34
Providers 2 5
Reporting stock 1 2
One month, 730 hours $21 $124

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3060 or the Nvidia V100 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3060 starts at $0.03 per GPU hour and the Nvidia V100 at $0.17. Nvidia RTX 3060 wins twice: it rents for 5.9x less per hour and still buys 1.2x 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 V100: 2 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3060: $21 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia V100: $124 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.