Nvidia RTX 3090 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 6000

Nvidia RTX 3090 wins twice: it rents for 7.4x 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 PRO 6000
Memory bandwidth1.7x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
FP16 / BF16 dense7.0x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Board power1.7x on the Nvidia RTX 3090

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 Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Cheapest listed $0.07 $0.50
Median across providers $0.16 $1.35
Most expensive listed $0.22 $2.19
Providers 3 9
Reporting stock 3 4
One month, 730 hours $49 $365

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3090 or the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3090 starts at $0.07 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 at $0.50. Nvidia RTX 3090 wins twice: it rents for 7.4x less per hour and still buys 1.1x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 3090: 3 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.07 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX PRO 6000: 4 of 9 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.50 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3090: $49 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 6000: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.