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RTX 3060 vs RTX 4060 Ti
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 TI
$0.030/hr
QuickPod · median $0.16 · 5 providers
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW
RTX 3060
live panel, 2026-09-27
| RTX 3060 | RTX 4060 TI | |
|---|---|---|
| MAKER | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| ARCHITECTURE | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| LAUNCHED | 2021 | 2023 |
| MEMORY | 12 GB GDDR6 | 8 or 16 GB GDDR6 |
| MEMORY BANDWIDTH | 360 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| TENSOR COMPUTE | 12.7 TFLOPS FP32; 3rd-gen tensor cores | 22.1 TFLOPS FP32; 4th-gen tensor cores |
| POWER DRAW | 170 W | 160 W |
| INTERCONNECT | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x8 |
HOW TO CHOOSE
RTX 3060 vs RTX 4060 Ti
Newer and faster per watt, but the 8 GB variant fits less than the 3060's 12 GB. For memory fit on a budget, the old card wins; for speed, the new one.
RTX 4060 Ti vs RTX 3060
Same 12-vs-16 GB memory story one generation apart. The 4060 Ti is faster per watt; the 3060 12 GB often rents cheaper. Both are dev-class.
Workload fit
RTX 3060: budget 13b experimentation, 7b serving, fine-tuning. RTX 4060 Ti: 13b-class inference (16 gb variant), development and ci, training.
RTX 3060 VS RTX 4060 TI - FAQ
Which is cheaper to rent, RTX 3060 or RTX 4060 Ti?
By today's published on-demand rates: RTX 3060 starts at $0.020/GPU/hr (median $0.08, 7 providers) and RTX 4060 Ti starts at $0.030/GPU/hr (median $0.16, 5 providers). The cheapest live listing is the RTX 3060 at QuickPod. Figures recompute from the panel on every refresh.
RTX 3060 or RTX 4060 Ti - 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 Ti: The 4060 Ti is Ada's budget entry, sold in 8 GB and 16 GB variants that behave like different products. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.
Where can I rent RTX 3060 and RTX 4060 Ti?
7 providers publish RTX 3060 rates and 5 publish RTX 4060 Ti 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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