Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti vs Nvidia RTX 4070

Nvidia RTX 4070 wins twice: it rents for 2.3x less per hour and still buys 1.7x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
Memory bandwidth2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
FP16 / BF16 dense1.4x on the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
Board power2.3x on the Nvidia RTX 4070

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 3090 Ti Nvidia RTX 4070
Cheapest listed $0.16 $0.07
Median across providers $0.22 $0.07
Most expensive listed $0.27 $0.08
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 1 1
One month, 730 hours $117 $50

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti or the Nvidia RTX 4070 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti starts at $0.16 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4070 at $0.07. Nvidia RTX 4070 wins twice: it rents for 2.3x less per hour and still buys 1.7x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.27 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 4070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.07 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4070: $50 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.