RTX 3070 vs RTX 3090: cloud rental cost compared

You can rent both by the hour, no purchase required. RTX 3070 from $0.050/GPU/hr across 2 providers; RTX 3090 from $0.160/GPU/hr across 3 providers. The RTX 3070 is 69% cheaper at the entry rate.

RTX 3070
Good for inference and small-scale training workloads
$0.050/hr
Lowest / GPU
$0.130/hr
Median / GPU
8 GB
VRAM
Ampere
Architecture
RTX 3090
Good for inference and small-scale training workloads
$0.160/hr
Lowest / GPU
$0.220/hr
Median / GPU
24 GB
VRAM
Ampere
Architecture

Specs side by side

Spec
RTX 3070
RTX 3090
VRAM
8 GB
24 GB
Architecture
Ampere
Ampere
Compute capability
8.6
8.6
Precisions in hardware
FP32, FP16, BF16, INT4
FP32, FP16, BF16, INT4
Interconnect
PCIe 4.0 x16
PCIe
Lowest $/GPU/hr
$0.050
$0.160
Median $/GPU/hr
$0.130
$0.220
Providers
2
3
Regions
2
3

Price by provider

Provider
RTX 3070 $/GPU/hr
RTX 3090 $/GPU/hr
SimplePod
$0.050
$0.160
RunPod
$0.130
$0.220
Akash
$0.179

RTX 3070 vs RTX 3090: common questions

Is the RTX 3070 or the RTX 3090 cheaper to rent?

On Aquanode's live marketplace the RTX 3070 starts at $0.050/GPU/hr (median $0.130/GPU/hr across 2 providers) and the RTX 3090 starts at $0.160/GPU/hr (median $0.220/GPU/hr across 3 providers). The RTX 3070 is the cheaper of the two at the entry rate, by 69%.

What is the difference between the RTX 3070 and the RTX 3090?

The RTX 3070 has 8 GB of VRAM against the RTX 3090's 24 GB; both are Ampere parts; both run BF16, INT4 workloads in hardware. On price, the RTX 3070 lists from $0.050/GPU/hr and the RTX 3090 from $0.160/GPU/hr.

Which cloud providers offer the RTX 3070 and the RTX 3090?

2 providers list the RTX 3070 (SimplePod and RunPod) and 3 list the RTX 3090 (SimplePod, Akash and RunPod), across 2 and 3 regions respectively. Both are available from SimplePod and RunPod.

How much does 1,000 GPU-hours cost on the RTX 3070 vs the RTX 3090?

At the lowest rates listed today, 1,000 GPU-hours costs $50 on the RTX 3070 and $160 on the RTX 3090, a difference of $110 for the same runtime. Rates are per GPU per hour and update hourly.

How this comparison is calculated

Every price is normalized to a per-GPU hourly rate using the same pipeline as every other pricing surface on Aquanode, and only the cheapest qualifying offer per provider is shown. A dash means that provider does not currently list that GPU.

Architecture, compute capability and supported precisions come from each vendor's published datasheet for that generation, not from the marketplace feed. This page regenerates at most once per hour.

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