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RTX 3060 vs RTX A2000
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 A2000
$0.050/hr
QuickPod · median $0.16 · 5 providers
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW
RTX 3060
live panel, 2026-09-27
| RTX 3060 | RTX A2000 | |
|---|---|---|
| MAKER | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| ARCHITECTURE | Ampere | Ampere |
| LAUNCHED | 2021 | 2021 |
| MEMORY | 12 GB GDDR6 | 6 or 12 GB GDDR6 with ECC |
| MEMORY BANDWIDTH | 360 GB/s | 288 GB/s |
| TENSOR COMPUTE | 12.7 TFLOPS FP32; 3rd-gen tensor cores | 8-12 TFLOPS FP32; 3rd-gen tensor cores |
| POWER DRAW | 170 W | 70 W |
| INTERCONNECT | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
HOW TO CHOOSE
RTX A2000 vs RTX 3060
Same memory class at half the power with ECC, at lower clocks. For always-on small inference the A2000's efficiency wins; for bursty work, the 3060's speed.
Workload fit
RTX 3060: budget 13b experimentation, 7b serving, fine-tuning. RTX A2000: low-power inference, professional visualization, llm serving.
RTX 3060 VS RTX A2000 - FAQ
Which is cheaper to rent, RTX 3060 or RTX A2000?
By today's published on-demand rates: RTX 3060 starts at $0.020/GPU/hr (median $0.08, 7 providers) and RTX A2000 starts at $0.050/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 A2000 - 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 A2000: The A2000 is a workstation card, not a gaming one: 70 W, low-profile, ECC memory. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.
Where can I rent RTX 3060 and RTX A2000?
7 providers publish RTX 3060 rates and 5 publish RTX A2000 rates on Compute Cafe. Every row links to the provider's own published price - committed-use and reserved rates are excluded.
Full pricing: RTX 3060 · RTX A2000 · all comparisons