GPU Rental Market Update: October 1, 2026

The lowest hourly rate for at least 24 GB VRAM is $0.16 for an RTX A5000 on runpod. For 32 GB VRAM or more, the Q RTX 8000 with 48 GB VRAM is cheapest at $0.2689 per hour on vast.ai, with one offer available. This same card also serves the 48 GB VRAM tier at the same price.

For 80 GB VRAM, the A800 PCIE is available at $0.4678 per hour on vast.ai with two offers. The RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q with 96 GB VRAM costs $1.2682 per hour on vast.ai and has nine offers. The MI300X with 192 GB VRAM is the cheapest option for 141 GB VRAM or more at $2.39 per hour on runpod.

The H200 increased from $4.1452 to $15.79 per hour on vast.ai, a 280.9% rise. The RTX 4080S rose from $0.2867 to $0.4944 (+72.4%), and the RTX 2060 increased from $0.068 to $0.1071 (+57.5%), both on vast.ai. Among decreases, the L40 fell from $0.69 to $0.3958 (-42.6%), the GTX 1060 dropped from $0.0748 to $0.0544 (-27.3%), and the A100 SXM4 decreased from $0.9207 to $0.7024 (-23.7%), all on vast.ai.

Additional declines included the Tesla P100 (-23.0% to $0.068), Tesla P40 (-19.1% to $0.1078), RTX 3080 (-18.3% to $0.1216), and RTX 5000Ada (-17.5% to $0.3472), all on vast.ai. A total of 52 chips showed no change or changed within ±1% versus yesterday. Six new chip types appeared in listings: A10, B300 PC, GTX 1660 Ti, RTX 2060S, RTX 2070S, and Tesla P4. Six chip types were no longer listed: A16, Q RTX 4000, Q RTX 5000, Quadro GV100, Quadro P2000, RTX 4500Ada, and RTX 5880Ada.

The Tesla V100 increased from $0.0711 to $0.1489 per hour on vast.ai (+109.4%). The RTX PRO 4500 rose from $0.3915 to $0.72 on runpod (+83.9%), matching the percentage gain of the RTX 4080S, which increased from $0.2689 to $0.4944 on vast.ai. The RTX 2070S rose from $0.0748 to $0.1141 (+52.5%), and the RTX 3080 increased from $0.0822 to $0.1216 (+47.9%), both on vast.ai.

Among weekly declines, the RTX 4060 fell sharply from $7.611 to $0.0816 (-98.9%) on vast.ai. The RTX 2060S dropped from $0.2022 to $0.0662 (-67.3%), the RTX 4070 decreased from $0.2816 to $0.1363 (-51.6%), and the RTX 5070 fell from $0.3789 to $0.1889 (-50.1%), all on vast.ai. The RTX 2060 also declined from $0.196 to $0.1071 (-45.4%) on vast.ai. Forty-three chips were unchanged or within ±1% over the week. Six new chip types appeared: A10, B300 PC, RTX 4000Ada, RTX 5070 Ti, and Tesla P4 (listed twice). Five chip types were removed: B300 MIG 34GB, GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1650, Q RTX 5000, and Quadro GV100.

The RTX 3070 appears most often, with 36 offers on vast.ai at two observed prices: $0.0756 and $0.0974 per hour. The RTX 4090 also has 36 offers on vast.ai, priced at $0.3511 and $0.4711 per hour. The RTX PRO 5000 has 34 offers on vast.ai at $0.6282 per hour.