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RTX 3090
$0.103/gpu-hr
24 GB vram · 2 live offers · best location , US · reliability 98.0% · $75/mo running 24/7
own it: retail median $2,099 (35 in stock, lowest $1,499.99) · break-even 27.9 mo at the 24/7 tape rate
the silicon: 350w tdp · 35.58 tflops fp16 · 24 gb gddr6x · 936 gb/s bandwidth · msrp $1,499 — specs: wikipedia, 2026-08-14
runs at q4, one card: Llama 3.1 8B ~151 tok/s · gpt-oss-20b ~336 tok/s · Mistral Small 3 24B ~50 tok/s · Gemma 3 27B ~45 tok/s · Qwen3 32B ~37 tok/s — ~tok/s = 0.75 × bandwidth ÷ active weights, batch 1
price history gpudex tape · 15-min snapshots
range $0.094–$0.134 since 2026-08-12 · now 22% of the way up the range
depth price vs cumulative offers
the arb same silicon, five live markets
| vast.ai | runpod | akash | clore | tensordock | cheapest at | spread |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.103 | $0.220 | $0.090 | $0.041 | $0.190 | clore | 82% |
order book every verified live offer · cheapest first · badge vs typical price
| offer | $/gpu-hr | vs typical | reliability | inet ↓ | cpu | ram | disk | location | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RTX 3090 | $0.103 | typical | 98.0% | 1,306 Mbps | 192c | 42 GB | 188 GB | , US | rent → |
| 2× RTX 3090 | $0.128 | ▲ 24% above typical | 99.7% | 899 Mbps | 16c | 126 GB | 590 GB | Quebec, CA | rent → |
retail order book every in-stock newegg sku · add-to-cart = in stock · cheapest first · 30m refresh
| retail sku | price | = months of 24/7 rent | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition 24GB GDDR6 Geforce RTX 3090 FE Video Gr | $1,499.99 | 20.0 mo | buy → |
| GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 TURBO 24G 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 16X 384bit Video | $1,499.99 | 20.0 mo | buy → |
| GIGABYTE RTX 3090 GV-N3090TURBO-24GD GDDR6X HDMI \ DP PCI-E Graphic Card | $1,899 | 25.3 mo | buy → |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition Graphics Card 24GB GDDR6X - Titanium an | $1,935 | 25.7 mo | buy → |
| NVidia GeForce RTX 3090 Founders Edition 24GB GDDR6 Geforce RTX 3090 FE Video Gr | $1,995 | 26.5 mo | buy → |
| MSI Ventus GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 SLI Support Graphics Car | $1,995 | 26.5 mo | buy → |
| ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 TUF-RTX3090-24G-GAMING Video Card | $2,099 | 27.9 mo | buy → |
| ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 SLI Support Graphics | $2,099 | 27.9 mo | buy → |
| ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 SLI Support Graphic | $2,099 | 27.9 mo | buy → |
| MSI Suprim GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 Graphics Card RTX 3090 S | $2,099 | 27.9 mo | buy → |
| ASUS ROG Strix GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 SLI Support Graphics | $2,099 | 27.9 mo | buy → |
| MSI Gaming GeForce RTX 3090 24GB GDDR6X PCI Express 4.0 SLI Support Graphics Car | $2,099 | 27.9 mo | buy → |
| GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 GAMING OC 24G Video Card, GV-N3090GAMING OC-24GD | $2,099 | 27.9 mo | buy → |
| GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 VISION OC 24GB Video Card, GV-N3090VISION OC-24GD | $2,099 | 27.9 mo | buy → |
| GIGABYTE GeForce RTX 3090 EAGLE 24GB Video Card, GV-N3090EAGLE-24GD | $2,099 | 27.9 mo | buy → |
35 skus live at retail right now. renting this card 24/7 costs $75/mo — the median sku pays for itself in 27.9 months of it.