NVIDIA · 24 GB · updated 2026-11-02
RTX 4090 price: rent per GPU-hour, history and outlook
The NVIDIA RTX 4090 (24GB) rents for $0.13 to $0.74 per GPU-hour on demand across hyperscalers and neoclouds, median $0.42; a one-year commitment lists at $0.27. Coloprice tracks published provider price pages only — no purchase-price estimates. Below: the range, 18 historical snapshots, the analyst note with sources and the colocation alternative for owned hardware.
How much does an RTX 4090 cost to rent in 2026?
On 2026-11-02, NVIDIA RTX 4090 (24GB) on-demand rental ranges from $0.13 to $0.74 per GPU-hour across tracked providers, with a median of $0.42. A one-year contract lists at $0.27 per GPU-hour. At the median, one GPU running around the clock costs about $307 per month; an eight-GPU node about $2453. Prices are read from provider price pages and change weekly.
RTX 4090 price history
Median on-demand price per GPU-hour by snapshot. Peak $0.69 (2024-06-01), low $0.42 (2026-09-07); change versus a year ago: -39%. Snapshots before 2026-08 are seeded from published market indices; later points are collected by Coloprice from provider price pages.
| Date | Median | Min | Max | 1-year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-02 | $0.42 | $0.13 | $0.74 | $0.27 |
| 2026-10-26 | $0.42 | $0.13 | $0.74 | $0.27 |
| 2026-10-16 | $0.42 | $0.13 | $0.74 | $0.27 |
| 2026-10-09 | $0.42 | $0.13 | $0.74 | $0.27 |
| 2026-10-02 | $0.42 | $0.13 | $0.74 | $0.27 |
| 2026-09-25 | $0.42 | $0.13 | $0.74 | $0.27 |
| 2026-09-18 | $0.42 | $0.13 | $0.74 | $0.27 |
| 2026-09-14 | $0.42 | $0.13 | $1.61 | $0.27 |
| 2026-09-07 | $0.42 | $0.13 | $1.61 | $0.27 |
| 2026-09-01 | $0.44 | $0.13 | $1.61 | $0.27 |
| 2026-08-26 | $0.44 | $0.13 | $1.61 | — |
| 2026-08-19 | $0.44 | $0.13 | $1.61 | — |
| 2026-08-17 | $0.48 | $0.13 | $1.61 | — |
| 2026-08-10 | $0.48 | $0.13 | $1.61 | — |
| 2026-08-05 | $0.48 | $0.18 | $1.61 | — |
| 2026-08-04 | $0.44 | $0.20 | $0.69 | — |
| 2026-08-03 | $0.44 | $0.20 | $0.69 | — |
| 2024-06-01 | $0.69 | $0.34 | $1.10 | — |
Seed sources: Silicon Data H100 Rental Price Index · SemiAnalysis — GPU rental capacity and pricing · Introl — GPU cloud price collapse, Dec 2025
Analyst note: what moved the RTX 4090 price
Ceiling corrected: the prior $1.61/GPU-hr top traced to a Beam guide page that has since gone dead (404, checked today); Beam's live pricing page now shows RTX 4090 at $0.69/GPU-hr serverless and $0.44/GPU-hr on-demand, both well below the old figure. The highest confirmed on-demand rate today is RunPod's Secure Cloud tier at $0.74/GPU-hr (RunPod Community Cloud runs $0.34/GPU-hr), so the ceiling moves there — a correction, not a market move. Vast.ai's marketplace floor is holding near ~$0.13-0.14/GPU-hr — marketplace pricing is volatile and hour-to-hour reads vary. Typical pricing holds near ~$0.42/GPU-hr, continuing a slow downward drift as Theta EdgeCloud, GPU.ai and Novita add cheap capacity. Novita's 12-month reserved rate of $0.27/GPU-hr remains the only contract figure tracked for this SKU.
Sources: GetDeploying — RTX 4090 price comparison · RunPod — RTX 4090 pricing · Vast.ai live GPU pricing · Beam — pricing
RTX 4090 against the other 10 tracked GPUs
Sorted by median on-demand price. RTX 4090 ranks #1 of 10 from cheapest. Same tracker, same date.
See also
Weekly digest: GPU and colocation price moves in one email.
FAQ
Why does the RTX 4090 price range from $0.13 to $0.74?
Because the tracker covers very different sellers: marketplaces and boutique neoclouds at the bottom, hyperscalers with bundled networking, storage and support at the top. The median $0.42 is the better planning number; the minimum usually comes with capacity limits, older hosts or spot-like terms.
Is the RTX 4090 getting cheaper?
The tracked median moved from $0.69 at the first snapshot (2024-06-01) to $0.42 now, with a peak of $0.69 and a low of $0.42; the change against a year ago is -39%. Newer generations, provider capacity and inference demand drive the direction — see the analyst note above for the latest move.
What does it cost to buy an RTX 4090 instead?
Coloprice does not publish purchase prices for the RTX 4090: vendors and OEMs do not list them publicly, and quoted figures vary by volume and configuration. For a rent-versus-buy comparison use the calculator on the tools page with your own quote and the rental median $0.42.
Where can I host my own RTX 4090 servers?
In colocation facilities built for high density: current NVIDIA accelerators need liquid cooling or 40–130 kW racks, which only AI-ready halls provide. The colocation pricing pages show wholesale $/kW benchmarks by market, and the catalog marks AI-ready facilities per city.
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