Comparison · GPU vs GPU · read 00:25 UTCRTX 4060 vs RTX 3050
Specifications, today's prices from 8 providers, price per unit of memory and compute, and who rents each cheapest. Better values are highlighted; lower is better for prices.
Side by sideSpecs, prices, value
Highlighted cells are the better of the two: more memory and compute, lower prices, lower cost per unit.
| RTX 4060 | RTX 3050 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory & compute | |||
| VRAM | 8 GB | 8 GB | 0% |
| Memory bandwidth | 0.27 TB/s | 0.22 TB/s | +21% |
| FP16 tensor | — | — | — |
| FP32 | 15.1 TFLOPS | 9.11 TFLOPS | +66% |
| Power | 115 W | 130 W | -12% |
| Prices today | |||
| Cheapest on-demand | $0.05 | $0.03 | +81% |
| Median on-demand | $0.09 | $0.04 | +104% |
| Highest on-demand | $0.22 | $0.07 | +200% |
| Cheapest spot | $0.04 | $0.02 | +140% |
| Cheapest reserved | $0.20 | — | — |
| Current offers (n) | 6 | 4 | +50% |
| Providers with a fresh offer | 5 | 3 | +67% |
| Value | |||
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (cheapest) | $0.007 | $0.004 | +81% |
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (median) | $0.011 | $0.006 | +104% |
| Per PFLOP FP16 · hour (median) | — | — | — |
| Per TB/s · hour (median) | $0.335 | $0.200 | +68% |
| Trend | |||
| 30-day median change | 0.0% | — | — |
| 90-day median change | 0.0% | — | — |
Cheapest providers today · on-demand · current offersWho rents each one cheapest
- 1
Clore.aiTrust 491× $0.05 - 2
Vast.aiTrust 782× $0.06 - 3
Theta EdgeCloud1× $0.09
- 1Clore.aiTrust 491× $0.03
- 2
gcube1× $0.04
- 3Vast.aiTrust 781× $0.07
Verdict · computed from the numbers aboveChoose one, choose the other
Choose the RTX 4060 if…
- you want choice: 5 providers have a fresh offer today against 3.
Choose the RTX 3050 if…
- the hourly price matters most: median $0.04 against $0.09, 51% less.
- you serve LLMs: memory bandwidth per dollar is better ($0.200 per TB/s-hour against $0.335).
Questions about RTX 4060 vs RTX 3050
Which is cheaper to rent, the RTX 4060 or the RTX 3050?
Today the cheapest current on-demand RTX 4060 is $0.05 per GPU-hour and the cheapest RTX 3050 is $0.03; medians are $0.09 and $0.04. Cheapest excludes offers marked unavailable and counts one floor per marketplace.
How much memory do the RTX 4060 and RTX 3050 have?
8 GB of GDDR6 on the RTX 4060, 8 GB of GDDR6 on the RTX 3050, at 0.27 and 0.22 TB/s.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 10 current offers read on the providers' own pages and APIs over the last 45 days (reference 00:25 UTC), or in our October 2026 market study for the few providers our collector does not read. Specifications come from manufacturer datasheets. Every price on the GPU pages links to its receipt and shows its read date.