EmpirioLabs vs Salad
As of , EmpirioLabs and Salad share 3 GPUs today, but on none do both list an on-demand rate: at least one side is community capacity or a marketplace floor, compared below and not counted. On the priciest shared card, NVIDIA RTX 5090: EmpirioLabs $1.90 vs Salad $0.50 (High priority) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  EmpirioLabs |  Salad | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.79 · 15 providers · lowest HexGrid $0.55 | $1.90 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.50 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.49 · 15 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.39 | $0.65 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.33 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 median $0.50 · 7 providers · lowest SwissGPU $0.30 | $0.40 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.17 High priority captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
Spot / interruptible, per GPU-hour
| GPU | EmpirioLabs | Salad |
|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 | — | $0.25 captured |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 | — | $0.16 captured |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 | — | $0.09 captured |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of EmpirioLabs and Salad, compared per GPU-hour on the GPUs both list. Where a provider has several tiers or regions, its cheapest on-demand rate is used and labelled. Community capacity (RunPod Community Cloud) and marketplace floors are shown only where a provider has nothing else, and never decide which is cheaper.
GPU by GPU
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: EmpirioLabs $1.90 vs Salad $0.50 (High priority) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: EmpirioLabs $0.65 vs Salad $0.33 (High priority) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: EmpirioLabs $0.40 vs Salad $0.17 (High priority) per GPU-hour — not the same market, not counted.
Not compared: GPUs only one of the two lists, reserved/committed tiers, and anything either provider prices only on request. See each provider's page for its full list.
Data updated: