Nvidia RTX 4090 vs Nvidia V100

Nvidia RTX 4090 wins twice: it rents for 1.5x less per hour and still buys 2.0x 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 bandwidth1.1x on the Nvidia RTX 4090
FP16 / BF16 dense1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 4090
Board power1.5x 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 4090 Nvidia V100
Cheapest listed $0.11 $0.17
Median across providers $0.37 $0.39
Most expensive listed $0.49 $2.34
Providers 6 5
Reporting stock 4 2
One month, 730 hours $80 $124

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 4090 or the Nvidia V100 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 4090 starts at $0.11 per GPU hour and the Nvidia V100 at $0.17. Nvidia RTX 4090 wins twice: it rents for 1.5x less per hour and still buys 2.0x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 4090: 4 of 6 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.11 at Lium. 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 4090: $80 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia V100: $124 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.