GPU Economy

NVIDIA RTX 5090

Blackwell · 32 GB VRAM

As of , the cheapest listed rate for the NVIDIA RTX 5090 is $0.40 per GPU-hour on Vast.ai (on-demand). Across 2 providers, the median on-demand rate is $0.69 per GPU-hour. To buy, the median new-condition listing is $4,434 across 11 sellers. With 32 GB of VRAM, that is $0.013 per GB of memory per hour at the cheapest rate and $0.022 at the median.

Buy

Median new-condition listing: $4,434 across 11 listings from 11 sellers, most recent September 8, 2026.

Current retail listings, last 30 days. Each price links to the listing.
SellerConditionPriceSeenSource
Whatnotnew$1,900Listing
Serigrafia.eusnew$1,991.99Listing
Bonanza - Miss J Store's boothnew$1,999Listing
ASA Computersnew$3,890Listing
Westenditstorenew$4,429.99Listing
DirectDialnew$4,434Listing
Compu Devicesnew$4,806.80Listing
PCNationnew$4,835.52Listing
Walmart - DalArk Directnew$5,319.05Listing
Best Buynew$5,499.99Listing
stockx.comnew$5,799Listing

At the cheapest tracked rental rate ($0.40/hour on Vast.ai), that purchase price equals about 10,983 GPU-hours of rental — roughly 15 months of continuous use. Power, hosting, cooling and idle time are not counted.

Rent

Current listed rates for the NVIDIA RTX 5090, normalized to one GPU for one hour; the per-GB column divides by its 32 GB of VRAM.
ProviderUSD / GPU-hourUSD / GB VRAM-hourTypeRegionMin. commitmentSource
Vast.ai$0.40$0.013on-demand floorPrice page
RunPod$0.69$0.022on-demandCommunity CloudPrice page
RunPod$0.69$0.022spotCommunity CloudPrice page
RunPod$0.99$0.031on-demandSecure CloudPrice page
RunPod$0.99$0.031spotSecure CloudPrice page

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