Best Cloud GPUs for Experimentation — May 2026
Cheap, capable GPUs you can spin up to try ideas without committing to a real budget.
RTX 4090 vs RTX 3090 vs RTX 4070 Ti — top picks from this guide
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RTX 4090
Ada Lovelace · 24 GB
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RTX 3090
Ampere · 24 GB
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RTX 4070 Ti
Ada Lovelace · 12 GB
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| Specifications | |||
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| VRAM | 24 GB GDDR6X | 24 GB GDDR6X | 12 GB GDDR6X |
| Memory Bandwidth | 1,008 GB/s | 936 GB/s | 504 GB/s |
| FP16 (Tensor) | 330 TFLOPS | 142 TFLOPS | 40.1 TFLOPS |
| FP32 | 82.6 TFLOPS | 35.6 TFLOPS | 20 TFLOPS |
| TDP | 450 W | 350 W | 285 W |
| Release Year | 2022 | 2020 | 2023 |
| Segment | Consumer | Consumer | Consumer |
| Cloud Pricing | |||
| Cheapest On-Demand | $0.28/hr | $0.12/hr | — |
| Providers | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Build your own GPU comparison
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