RunPod vs SwissGPU
As of , SwissGPU lists the lower on-demand rate on 5 of the 6 GPUs both offer on-demand; RunPod wins on 1. Not counted: 1 more shared GPU, on community capacity or a marketplace floor. On the priciest shared card both list on-demand, NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell: RunPod $2.09 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $1.80 per GPU-hour on-demand — SwissGPU is $0.28 (14%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU | RunPod | SwissGPU | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.17 · 34 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $2.09 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $1.80 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.28 (14%) | SwissGPU |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.76 · 14 providers · lowest Edgevana $0.54 from | $0.99 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.60 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.39 (39%) | SwissGPU |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada median $0.86 · 10 providers · lowest Edgevana $0.62 from | $0.84 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $1.20 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.36 (30%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.47 · 14 providers · lowest CloudRift $0.39 | $0.74 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.48 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.26 (35%) | SwissGPU |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 median $0.34 · 3 providers · lowest SwissGPU $0.30 | $0.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.30 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.29 (49%) | SwissGPU |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 median $0.45 · 8 providers · lowest Edgevana $0.14 from | $0.50 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.30 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.20 (40%) | SwissGPU |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 median $0.26 · 2 providers · lowest SwissGPU $0.24 | $0.27 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.24 captured Deploy ↗ | — | not the same market |
How this is compared
Cloud GPU rental prices of RunPod and SwissGPU, 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 PRO 6000 Blackwell: RunPod $2.09 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $1.80 per GPU-hour on-demand — SwissGPU is $0.28 (14%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: RunPod $0.99 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $0.60 per GPU-hour on-demand — SwissGPU is $0.39 (39%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada: RunPod $0.84 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $1.20 per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.36 (30%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: RunPod $0.74 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $0.48 per GPU-hour on-demand — SwissGPU is $0.26 (35%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080: RunPod $0.59 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $0.30 per GPU-hour on-demand — SwissGPU is $0.29 (49%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: RunPod $0.50 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $0.30 per GPU-hour on-demand — SwissGPU is $0.20 (40%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080: RunPod $0.27 (Community Cloud) vs SwissGPU $0.24 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.
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