Comparison · GPU vs GPU · read 21:35 UTCRTX 5090 vs RTX 4090
Specifications, today's prices from 48 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 5090 | RTX 4090 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory & compute | |||
| VRAM | 32 GB | 24 GB | +33% |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.79 TB/s | 1.01 TB/s | +78% |
| FP16 tensor | — | — | — |
| FP32 | 104 TFLOPS | 82.6 TFLOPS | +26% |
| Power | 575 W | 450 W | +28% |
| Prices today | |||
| Cheapest on-demand | $0.24 | $0.13 | +74% |
| Median on-demand | $0.69 | $0.44 | +57% |
| Highest on-demand | $1.88 | $1.30 | +45% |
| Cheapest spot | $0.10 | $0.12 | -16% |
| Cheapest reserved | $0.38 | $0.18 | +111% |
| Current offers (n) | 58 | 38 | +53% |
| Providers with a fresh offer | 25 | 23 | +9% |
| Value | |||
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (cheapest) | $0.007 | $0.006 | +31% |
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (median) | $0.022 | $0.018 | +18% |
| Per PFLOP FP16 · hour (median) | — | — | — |
| Per TB/s · hour (median) | $0.385 | $0.437 | -12% |
| Trend | |||
| 30-day median change | +29.7% | +17.2% | — |
| 90-day median change | — | — | — |
90 days · median on-demand price · rebased to 100How the two have moved
Both medians indexed to 100 ninety days ago, so the slopes compare even though the price levels differ.
Cheapest providers today · on-demand · current offersWho rents each one cheapest
- 1
SaladTrust 671× $0.24 - 2
Clore.aiTrust 461× $0.33 - 3
HyperAI1× $0.35
- 1
Vast.aiTrust 781× $0.13 - 2
GPUBankTrust 931× $0.23 - 3
gcube1× $0.25
Verdict · computed from the numbers aboveChoose one, choose the other
Choose the RTX 5090 if…
- your model needs more than 24 GB per GPU: 32 GB against 24 GB.
- you serve LLMs: memory bandwidth per dollar is better ($0.385 per TB/s-hour against $0.437).
- you want choice: 25 providers have a fresh offer today against 23.
Choose the RTX 4090 if…
- the hourly price matters most: median $0.44 against $0.69, 36% less.
Questions about RTX 5090 vs RTX 4090
Which is cheaper to rent, the RTX 5090 or the RTX 4090?
Today the cheapest current on-demand RTX 5090 is $0.24 per GPU-hour and the cheapest RTX 4090 is $0.13; medians are $0.69 and $0.44. Cheapest excludes offers marked unavailable and counts one floor per marketplace.
How much memory do the RTX 5090 and RTX 4090 have?
32 GB of GDDR7 on the RTX 5090, 24 GB of GDDR6X on the RTX 4090, at 1.79 and 1.01 TB/s.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 96 current offers read on providers' own pages, in our dated study or in the market report over the last 45 days (reference 21:35 UTC). Specifications come from manufacturer datasheets. Every price on the GPU pages links to its receipt and shows its read date.