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RTX 3060 vs RTX 4060
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 3060
$0.020/hr
QuickPod · median $0.08 · 7 providers
CHEAPEST RTX 4060
$0.050/hr
Salad · median $0.08 · 3 providers
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW
RTX 3060
live panel, 2026-09-27
| RTX 3060 | RTX 4060 | |
|---|---|---|
| MAKER | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| ARCHITECTURE | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| LAUNCHED | 2021 | 2023 |
| MEMORY | 12 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 |
| MEMORY BANDWIDTH | 360 GB/s | 272 GB/s |
| TENSOR COMPUTE | 12.7 TFLOPS FP32; 3rd-gen tensor cores | 15.1 TFLOPS FP32; 4th-gen tensor cores |
| POWER DRAW | 170 W | 115 W |
| INTERCONNECT | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
HOW TO CHOOSE
RTX 4060 vs RTX 3060
The 3060 is older and slower per clock but carries 12 GB - for LLM fit, the old card's memory beats the new card's speed.
Workload fit
RTX 3060: budget 13b experimentation, 7b serving, fine-tuning. RTX 4060: development, 7b inference, anything 13b+.
RTX 3060 VS RTX 4060 - FAQ
Which is cheaper to rent, RTX 3060 or RTX 4060?
By today's published on-demand rates: RTX 3060 starts at $0.020/GPU/hr (median $0.08, 7 providers) and RTX 4060 starts at $0.050/GPU/hr (median $0.08, 3 providers). The cheapest live listing is the RTX 3060 at QuickPod. Figures recompute from the panel on every refresh.
RTX 3060 or RTX 4060 - which should I rent?
RTX 3060: The 3060's modest specs hide its real distinction: 12 GB of memory at the bottom of the price table. RTX 4060: The 4060 is Ada's entry card: very efficient at 115 W, but 8 GB of GDDR6 behind a narrow bus. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.
Where can I rent RTX 3060 and RTX 4060?
7 providers publish RTX 3060 rates and 3 publish RTX 4060 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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