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Purchase price
DGX Spark +3.0%week over week
1 purchase condition compared
RTX 6000 Ada +2.4%week over week
2 purchase conditions compared
RTX 4090 +2.3%week over week
2 purchase conditions compared
Daily GPU market read · Thursday, September 17, 2026
Rental-equivalent hours rose for 8 of 10 GPUs priced every day.
Purchase prices rose 13.9% over the month.
Among GPUs with purchase prices and rental rates every day, rental-equivalent hours—hours of renting that add up to the purchase price—rose for 8 of 10 during the month. That broad rise came as purchase prices climbed across the GPUs we track while rental rates edged down.
- Purchase prices · 30 days
- +13.9%
- vs Aug 18 · 12 GPUs
- Rental rates · 30 days
- -0.38%
- vs Aug 18 · 12 GPUs
- Rental-equivalent hours · 30 days
- +14.4%
- vs Aug 18 · 12 GPUs
- GPUs moving the same way
- 8 of 10
- Number of the day30-day comparison · GPUs with prices every day of the period
- Hours today
- +0.03%
- Little changed vs Sep 16 · 12 GPUs
Whole-market history
Market pulse index
Each line starts at 100 on Jan 1, 2026. Rental-equivalent hours are near the high for this period.
PurchaseRentalRental-equivalent hours
260 days shown, Jan 1, 2026–Sep 17, 2026; history so far is shorter than a year. 110 means a 10% increase since the first day. Each day compares the same GPUs; gaps mean too few GPUs had prices on both days. A day’s change within 0.25% counts as little changed.
GPU of the day
Defaults to the purchase condition with the most distinct evidence days.
RTX 3090 · used / refurbished · purchase price estimate
Estimated purchase price over time. Solid line: our standard estimate. Dashed line: approximate earlier history, less certain. Dotted lines show the estimated range.
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Market movement · week over week
Movers
Ranked by price change over the selected period, comparing the same GPU and purchase condition on both dates.
Rental rate
Rental-equivalent hours
RTX 4090 +2.7%week over week
2 purchase/rental pairs compared
RTX 6000 Ada +2.5%week over week
2 purchase/rental pairs compared
L40S +1.6%week over week
2 purchase/rental pairs compared
Market map
Market map · week over week price changes
Left to right shows the purchase-price change; bottom to top shows the rental-price change. Each point compares the same GPU and purchase conditions over the selected period.
Move anywhere in the plot to inspect the nearest GPU. Click or tap to keep details open; arrow keys step through models.
Not shown: 1 without enough purchase history, 1 without rental history.
Daily board
Today’s prices
Compare current purchase and rental estimates. Percentage changes describe the displayed prices; the small charts show the last 30 days on one shared timeline. System prices are labeled and sorted by price per GPU.
Scroll the table sideways for rental prices, changes, and evidence. GPU names stay visible.
| Evidence | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B300 SXMNew · 288 GB · Blackwell Ultra8-GPU system · published price range | $400K–$500K | No purchase estimate | $7.50/hr | +0.0%7 days | — | Missing purchase or rental estimate | ⓘRental 09-17 · No purchase estimate
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| B200 SXMNew · 192 GB · Blackwell8-GPU system total | $431K | 0.0%7 days | $6.51/hr | -0.1%7 days | 8,264 hr | +0.1%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 09-17
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| H200 SXMNew · 141 GB · Hopper8-GPU system total | $325K | 0.0%7 days | $4.22/hr | -0.2%7 days | 9,613 hr | +0.2%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 09-17
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| H100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Hopper | $31K | -0.3%7 days | $3.88/hr | +0.2%7 days | 8,060 hr | -0.4%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-11 · Rental 09-17 |
| RTX PRO 6000 BlackwellUsed / refurbished · 96 GB · Blackwell | $17K | +0.3%7 days | $1.90/hr | -0.0%7 days | 8,729 hr | +0.3%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-14 · Rental 09-17 |
| A100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Ampere | $9,756 | -0.0%7 days | $2.82/hr | -0.1%7 days | 3,459 hr | +0.1%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-10 · Rental 09-17 |
| RTX 6000 AdaUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $8,619 | +4.7%7 days | $0.86/hr | -0.1%7 days | 10,005 hr | +4.9%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-16 · Rental 09-17 |
| L40SUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $8,600 | +1.9%7 days | $1.98/hr | -0.2%7 days | 4,345 hr | +2.1%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-16 · Rental 09-17 |
| DGX SparkNew · 128 GB · Blackwellcomplete system | $6,035 | +3.0%7 days | $0.75/hr | 0.0%7 days | 8,046 hr | +3.0%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-16 · Rental 09-17 · $0.75/hour rental rate, also used for DGX Spark rental-equivalent hours. Excluded from whole-market trends. |
| RTX 5090Used / refurbished · 32 GB · Blackwell | $5,857 | +4.0%7 days | $0.69/hr | +0.1%7 days | 8,459 hr | +3.9%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-17 · Rental 09-17 |
| RTX A6000Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $4,921 | +1.6%7 days | $0.56/hr | -0.4%7 days | 8,770 hr | +1.9%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-16 · Rental 09-17 |
| A40Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $4,781 | -0.6%7 days | $0.47/hr | -0.0%7 days | 10,161 hr | -0.5%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-16 · Rental 09-17 |
| RTX 4090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ada Lovelace | $3,011 | +1.4%7 days | $0.45/hr | -0.3%7 days | 6,693 hr | +1.7%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-16 · Rental 09-17 |
| RTX 3090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ampere | $1,486 | +1.7%7 days | $0.24/hr | -0.1%7 days | 6,186 hr | +1.8%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-17 · Rental 09-17 |
DGX Spark rental and rental-equivalent hours use the $0.75/hour managed rental rate.