GPU Rental Market Report — 2026-10-27
The cheapest GPU with at least 24 GB VRAM is the Tesla P40 at $0.1077/hr on vast.ai, while the MI300X at 192 GB VRAM lists at $2.39/hr on runpod; the RTX 5000 Ada saw the largest day-over-day price jump at 164.5% to $2.1211/hr.
Cheapest GPU by VRAM tier
At the 24 GB tier the Tesla P40 leads at $0.1077/hr with 4 offers on vast.ai. The 32 GB tier is headed by the Tesla V100S at $0.2012/hr with 6 offers on vast.ai. For 48 GB the Q RTX 8000 is cheapest at $0.2548/hr with 5 offers on vast.ai.
The 80 GB tier shows the A800 PCIE at $0.4681/hr with 3 offers on vast.ai. At 96 GB the RTX PRO 6000 Max-Q lists at $1.2304/hr with 13 offers on vast.ai. The highest tier at 141 GB minimum is the MI300X with 192 GB VRAM at $2.39/hr on runpod; offer count is not reported.
Largest price changes vs. yesterday
The RTX 5000 Ada (32 GB) rose 164.5% from $0.8018/hr to $2.1211/hr on vast.ai. The GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB) increased 144.0% from $0.2778/hr to $0.6778/hr on vast.ai. The L4 (24 GB) climbed 63.1% from $0.3618/hr to $0.59/hr on runpod.
On the downside the RTX 4060 (8 GB) fell 45.1% from $0.1602/hr to $0.0879/hr on vast.ai. The L40 (45 GB) dropped 26.3% from $0.4552/hr to $0.3356/hr on vast.ai. Fifty-seven chips were unchanged or within 1% day-over-day.
Largest price changes vs. one week ago
The GTX 1660 Ti (6 GB) surged 296.3% from $0.0815/hr to $0.323/hr on vast.ai. The GTX TITAN X (12 GB) rose 94.8% from $0.0422/hr to $0.0822/hr on vast.ai. The Quadro P4000 (8 GB) increased 43.2% from $0.0481/hr to $0.0689/hr on vast.ai.
The steepest weekly decline was the RTX 4060 (8 GB) at -97.1% from $3.0418/hr to $0.0879/hr on vast.ai. The Q RTX 6000 (24 GB) fell 77.0% from $0.7346/hr to $0.1689/hr on vast.ai. The L40 (45 GB) dropped 51.4% from $0.69/hr to $0.3356/hr on vast.ai. Forty-seven chips were unchanged or within 1% week-over-week.
New and removed chips
Six chips appeared in today's tracking that were absent yesterday: B300 PC, GTX TITAN X, Q RTX 5000, RTX 2070, RTX 3070 laptop, and Tesla V100S. Three chips dropped out: RTX 5880 Ada, RTX 6000D, and Tesla P4.
Compared with a week ago eight chips are new: B300 PC, GTX 1050 Ti, GTX 1650, H100 PCIe, RTX 2070, RTX 2070S, RTX 3070 laptop, and RTX 5000 Ada. Six chips left the list: B300 MIG 34GB, MI350X, Q RTX 4000, RTX 4500 Ada, RTX 5880 Ada, and RTX 6000D.
Most-offered GPUs
The RTX 4090 tops the offer count with 38 listings on vast.ai at two price points: $0.3872/hr and $0.495/hr. The CMP 170HX follows with 33 offers at $0.3348/hr and $0.4281/hr on vast.ai. The Titan Xp has 31 offers at $0.0406/hr on vast.ai.
Key takeaways
- Tesla P40 remains the lowest-cost option for 24 GB VRAM at $0.1077/hr.
- RTX 5000 Ada price more than doubled day-over-day to $2.1211/hr.
- RTX 4060 price collapsed 97.1% over the past week to $0.0879/hr.
- Six new GPU models entered the market since yesterday; three exited.
- RTX 4090 and CMP 170HX dominate listing volume with 38 and 33 offers respectively.