GPU Rental Market Report — 2026-09-19
The GPU rental market tracked 100 chips across 227 listings from runpod and vast.ai, with the cheapest 24 GB VRAM option at $0.12/hr on a Tesla V100 and the cheapest 192 GB VRAM option at $2.39/hr on an MI300X.
Cheapest GPU by VRAM tier
At the 24 GB and 32 GB VRAM tiers the Tesla V100 with 32 GB VRAM is the lowest-priced option at $0.1222/hr on vast.ai with 19 offers. For 48 GB VRAM the Q RTX 8000 at 48 GB VRAM leads at $0.2685/hr on vast.ai with 2 offers. The 80 GB VRAM tier is led by the A800 PCIE at 80 GB VRAM for $0.4678/hr on vast.ai with 2 offers. At 96 GB VRAM the RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q at 96 GB VRAM is cheapest at $1.2022/hr on vast.ai with 18 offers. The 141 GB VRAM tier is served by the MI300X at 192 GB VRAM for $2.39/hr on runpod.
Largest price changes versus yesterday
The RTX 4070S Ti (16 GB) rose 230.3% to $0.5344/hr from $0.1618/hr on vast.ai. The RTX 4080S (32 GB) increased 162.5% to $0.4303/hr from $0.1639/hr on vast.ai. The GTX 1660 (6 GB) fell 89.6% to $0.0704/hr from $0.6778/hr on vast.ai. The GTX 1660 Ti (6 GB) dropped 69.6% to $0.0815/hr from $0.2678/hr on vast.ai. The RTX 4070 (12 GB) climbed 67.1% to $0.1708/hr from $0.1022/hr on vast.ai. The RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB) rose 39.9% to $0.1344/hr from $0.0961/hr on vast.ai. The L40S (48 GB) on runpod gained 31.6% to $0.79/hr from $0.6002/hr. The H200 NVL (140 GB) on vast.ai declined 31.1% to $2.6102/hr from $3.79/hr. The GTX 1660 S (6 GB) on vast.ai fell 31.1% to $0.0401/hr from $0.0582/hr. The RTX 5090 (32 GB) on runpod rose 28.5% to $0.69/hr from $0.537/hr. Fifty-one chips were unchanged or within 1%.
Largest price changes versus one week ago
The RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB) surged 174.8% to $0.1344/hr from $0.0489/hr on vast.ai. The RTX 4060 (8 GB) collapsed 98.6% to $0.0754/hr from $5.3356/hr on vast.ai. The GTX 1080 (8 GB) rose 88.2% to $0.0544/hr from $0.0289/hr on vast.ai. The RTX 2060 (12 GB) dropped 83.3% to $0.0696/hr from $0.4156/hr on vast.ai. The RTX PRO 4000 (24 GB) fell 54.1% to $0.2614/hr from $0.57/hr on vast.ai. The A100 PCIE (80 GB) declined 49.5% to $0.6015/hr from $1.19/hr on vast.ai. The L4 (22 GB) decreased 45.4% to $0.2674/hr from $0.49/hr on vast.ai. The RTX PRO 4500 (32 GB) fell 44.1% to $0.4022/hr from $0.72/hr on vast.ai. The Tesla P40 (22 GB) dropped 43.2% to $0.1076/hr from $0.1896/hr on vast.ai. The RTX A4000 (16 GB) declined 42.8% to $0.0921/hr from $0.1611/hr on vast.ai. Seventy-two chips were unchanged or within 1%.
New and removed chips
Seven chips appeared in the tracking set since yesterday: GTX 1650, Q RTX 4000, Quadro GV100, Quadro P5000, RTX 2070, RTX 2070S, and RTX 5880Ada. Two chips left the set: RTX 3070 laptop and RTX 6000D. Compared with one week ago, eight chips were added: A800 PCIE, CMP 170HX, GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1070, GTX 1070 Ti, GTX 1080 Ti, GTX 1650, and GTX 1660. Two chips were removed: B300 PC and Tesla P4.
Most offered GPUs
The RTX A4000 on vast.ai shows 35 offers at $0.0718/hr and another 35 offers at $0.0921/hr. The RTX 5090 on vast.ai has 29 offers at $0.2689/hr and 29 offers at $0.6993/hr. The RTX 4090 on vast.ai lists 28 offers at $0.1363/hr.
Key takeaways
- The Tesla V100 remains the cheapest path to 32 GB VRAM at $0.1222/hr.
- Mid-range consumer cards saw the sharpest daily moves: RTX 4070S Ti up 230% and GTX 1660 down 90%.
- Week-over-week, the RTX 4060 price collapsed 98.6% while the RTX 3060 Ti more than doubled.
- High-end datacenter GPUs such as A100 PCIE and H200 NVL moved 30-50% lower over the week.
- The RTX A4000 and RTX 5090 dominate offer volume on vast.ai with 35 and 29 listings respectively.