Nvidia RTX 3090 vs Nvidia V100

Nvidia RTX 3090 wins twice: it rents for 2.5x 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 GPU1.3x on the Nvidia V100
Memory bandwidth1.0x on the Nvidia RTX 3090
FP16 / BF16 dense1.8x on the Nvidia V100
GPU interconnect2.7x on the Nvidia V100
Board power1.2x on the Nvidia V100

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 V100
Cheapest listed $0.07 $0.17
Median across providers $0.16 $0.39
Most expensive listed $0.22 $2.34
Providers 3 5
Reporting stock 3 2
One month, 730 hours $49 $124

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3090 or the Nvidia V100 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3090 starts at $0.07 per GPU hour and the Nvidia V100 at $0.17. Nvidia RTX 3090 wins twice: it rents for 2.5x less per hour and still buys 1.4x 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 V100: 2 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3090: $49 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia V100: $124 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.