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RTX 2070 vs RTX 3060
Specs from the chip makers' datasheets; prices from the live Compute Cafe panel, refreshed hourly. Every rate is an on-demand published price with a source receipt.
CHEAPEST RTX 2070
$0.020/hr
Salad · median $0.07 · 2 providers
CHEAPEST RTX 3060
$0.020/hr
QuickPod · median $0.08 · 7 providers
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW
RTX 2070
live panel, 2026-09-27
| RTX 2070 | RTX 3060 | |
|---|---|---|
| MAKER | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| ARCHITECTURE | Turing | Ampere |
| LAUNCHED | 2018 | 2021 |
| MEMORY | 8 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6 |
| MEMORY BANDWIDTH | 448 GB/s | 360 GB/s |
| TENSOR COMPUTE | 7.5 TFLOPS FP32; 1st-gen tensor cores | 12.7 TFLOPS FP32; 3rd-gen tensor cores |
| POWER DRAW | 175 W | 170 W |
| INTERCONNECT | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
HOW TO CHOOSE
RTX 2070 vs RTX 3060
The 3060's 12 GB and newer architecture open real workloads for usually a small premium over the 2070's 8 GB.
Workload fit
RTX 2070: learning and dev, 7b inference. RTX 3060: budget 13b experimentation, 7b serving, fine-tuning.
RTX 2070 VS RTX 3060 - FAQ
Which is cheaper to rent, RTX 2070 or RTX 3060?
By today's published on-demand rates: RTX 2070 starts at $0.020/GPU/hr (median $0.07, 2 providers) and RTX 3060 starts at $0.020/GPU/hr (median $0.08, 7 providers). The cheapest live listing is the RTX 2070 at Salad. Figures recompute from the panel on every refresh.
RTX 2070 or RTX 3060 - which should I rent?
RTX 2070: The 2070 introduced consumer tensor cores in 2018. RTX 3060: The 3060's modest specs hide its real distinction: 12 GB of memory at the bottom of the price table. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.
Where can I rent RTX 2070 and RTX 3060?
2 providers publish RTX 2070 rates and 7 publish RTX 3060 rates on Compute Cafe. Every row links to the provider's own published price - committed-use and reserved rates are excluded.
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