RTX 3090 vs RTX 4090: cloud rental cost compared
You can rent both by the hour, no purchase required. RTX 3090 from $0.160/GPU/hr across 4 providers; RTX 4090 from $0.340/GPU/hr across 4 providers. The RTX 3090 is 53% cheaper at the entry rate.
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RTX 3090 vs RTX 4090: common questions
Is the RTX 3090 or the RTX 4090 cheaper to rent?
On Aquanode's live marketplace the RTX 3090 starts at $0.160/GPU/hr (median $0.254/GPU/hr across 4 providers) and the RTX 4090 starts at $0.340/GPU/hr (median $0.654/GPU/hr across 4 providers). The RTX 3090 is the cheaper of the two at the entry rate, by 53%.
What is the difference between the RTX 3090 and the RTX 4090?
Both cards report 24 GB of VRAM; the RTX 3090 is an Ampere part and the RTX 4090 is Ada Lovelace (compute capability 8.6 vs 8.9); only the RTX 4090 supports FP8 compute. On price, the RTX 3090 lists from $0.160/GPU/hr and the RTX 4090 from $0.340/GPU/hr.
Which cloud providers offer the RTX 3090 and the RTX 4090?
4 providers list the RTX 3090 (SimplePod, Akash, RunPod and Vast.ai) and 4 list the RTX 4090 (RunPod, SimplePod, Vast.ai and Akash), across 4 and 4 regions respectively. Both are available from SimplePod, Akash, RunPod and Vast.ai.
How much does 1,000 GPU-hours cost on the RTX 3090 vs the RTX 4090?
At the lowest rates listed today, 1,000 GPU-hours costs $160 on the RTX 3090 and $340 on the RTX 4090 — a difference of $180 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.
