Nvidia RTX 3070 vs Nvidia RTX 4060

Nvidia RTX 3070 wins twice: it rents for 1.1x less per hour and still buys 1.4x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPUidentical
Memory bandwidth1.6x on the Nvidia RTX 3070
FP16 / BF16 dense1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 3070
Board power1.9x on the Nvidia RTX 4060

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 3070 Nvidia RTX 4060
Cheapest listed $0.05 $0.06
Median across providers $0.07 $0.06
Most expensive listed $0.13 $0.06
Providers 3 2
Reporting stock 2 1
One month, 730 hours $39 $41

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3070 or the Nvidia RTX 4060 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3070 starts at $0.05 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4060 at $0.06. Nvidia RTX 3070 wins twice: it rents for 1.1x less per hour and still buys 1.4x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 3070: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 4060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.06 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3070: $39 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4060: $41 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.