consumer
Rent Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050.
Ampere
8GB VRAM
130W
2022
From $0.018/hr
Per hour
$0.018
Per day
$0.44
Per week
$3.11
Per month
$13
Price history
Daily median across providers.
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Where to rent it
All providers carrying this GPU.
Buy vs rent
Should you rent or own?
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at $0.018/hr cheapest provider rate
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130W TDP
FAQ
Frequently asked.
How much does it cost to rent the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 right now?
The cheapest current listing is $0.018/hr on Clore.ai, the only provider listing it right now. Running one around the clock for a month (730 hours) at the cheapest rate costs about $14.
What AI models can the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 run?
With 8 GB it's limited to small models: 7–8B at 4-bit, or 3–4B at higher precision, plus embedding and speech models. It's a budget option for experiments rather than serving.
Which models are recommended for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050?
6 models in our catalog have a recommended configuration for this card, with the quantization that fits its 8 GB — see the AI models tab.
Why does the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 cost different amounts on different providers?
Marketplaces such as Vast.ai and Clore.ai list machines from independent hosts who set their own prices, so competition pushes rates down but reliability varies by host. Operator clouds such as Lambda and the hyperscalers charge more for consistent hardware, support and networking. Prices here are per GPU, so they compare directly.
How is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 price calculated?
We collect listings from each provider's public API or price page — every 5–10 minutes for marketplaces, up to daily for operator clouds — and show the median hourly price per provider from the last 24 hours, so one unusually cheap listing doesn't set the headline. Details are on the methodology page.
AI models
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Models that run on this GPU.
GPU-count + quantization recommendations covering fine-tuning, inference, and run-it-yourself scenarios on the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050.
Mistral Nemo 12B
by Mistral AI
Required GPUs
1× Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
Total VRAM
8 GB
Parameters
12B
Context
128K tokens
Gemma 3 12B
by Google DeepMind
Required GPUs
1× Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
Total VRAM
8 GB
Parameters
12B
Context
128K tokens
FLUX.1 Dev
by Black Forest Labs
Required GPUs
1× Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
Total VRAM
8 GB
Parameters
12B
FLUX.1 Schnell
by Black Forest Labs
Required GPUs
1× Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
Total VRAM
8 GB
Parameters
12B
FLUX.1 Pro
by Black Forest Labs
Required GPUs
1× Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
Total VRAM
8 GB
Parameters
12B
Meta: Llama Guard 4 12B
by Meta AI
Required GPUs
1× Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050
Total VRAM
8 GB
Parameters
12B
Context
164K tokens
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FAQ
AI models on this GPU.
How much does it cost to rent the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 right now?
The cheapest current listing is $0.018/hr on Clore.ai, the only provider listing it right now. Running one around the clock for a month (730 hours) at the cheapest rate costs about $14.
What AI models can the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 run?
With 8 GB it's limited to small models: 7–8B at 4-bit, or 3–4B at higher precision, plus embedding and speech models. It's a budget option for experiments rather than serving.
Which models are recommended for the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050?
6 models in our catalog have a recommended configuration for this card, with the quantization that fits its 8 GB — see the AI models tab.
Why does the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 cost different amounts on different providers?
Marketplaces such as Vast.ai and Clore.ai list machines from independent hosts who set their own prices, so competition pushes rates down but reliability varies by host. Operator clouds such as Lambda and the hyperscalers charge more for consistent hardware, support and networking. Prices here are per GPU, so they compare directly.
How is the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 price calculated?
We collect listings from each provider's public API or price page — every 5–10 minutes for marketplaces, up to daily for operator clouds — and show the median hourly price per provider from the last 24 hours, so one unusually cheap listing doesn't set the headline. Details are on the methodology page.