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 $2.49 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $2.45 per GPU-hour on-demand — SwissGPU is $0.04 (2%) cheaper.
On-demand, per GPU-hour
| GPU |  RunPod |  SwissGPU | Difference | Cheaper |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell median $2.20 · 42 providers · lowest Hostinger $0.65 from | $2.49 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $2.45 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.04 (2%) | SwissGPU |
| NVIDIA RTX 5090 median $0.79 · 23 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.50 | $1.19 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.61 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.58 (48%) | SwissGPU |
| NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada median $1.03 · 12 providers · lowest GPU.ai $0.65 from | $0.99 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $1.84 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.85 (46%) | RunPod |
| NVIDIA RTX 4090 median $0.48 · 17 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.35 | $0.89 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.49 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.40 (45%) | SwissGPU |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 median $0.48 · 2 providers · lowest SwissGPU $0.37 | $0.59 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.37 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.22 (38%) | SwissGPU |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 median $0.42 · 10 providers · lowest OpenRelay $0.18 | $0.50 Secure Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.31 captured Deploy ↗ | $0.19 (39%) | SwissGPU |
| NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 | $0.27 Community Cloud captured Deploy ↗ | $0.31 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 $2.49 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $2.45 per GPU-hour on-demand — SwissGPU is $0.04 (2%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 5090: RunPod $1.19 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $0.61 per GPU-hour on-demand — SwissGPU is $0.58 (48%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada: RunPod $0.99 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $1.84 per GPU-hour on-demand — RunPod is $0.85 (46%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA RTX 4090: RunPod $0.89 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $0.49 per GPU-hour on-demand — SwissGPU is $0.40 (45%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080: RunPod $0.59 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $0.37 per GPU-hour on-demand — SwissGPU is $0.22 (38%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090: RunPod $0.50 (Secure Cloud) vs SwissGPU $0.31 per GPU-hour on-demand — SwissGPU is $0.19 (39%) cheaper.
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080: RunPod $0.27 (Community Cloud) vs SwissGPU $0.31 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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