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Purchase price
RTX 6000 Ada +4.1%week over week
2 purchase conditions compared
L40S +3.2%week over week
2 purchase conditions compared
RTX 5090 +3.1%week over week
2 purchase conditions compared
Daily GPU market read · Saturday, October 17, 2026
A used or refurbished A100 80GB purchase now equals 15.7% more rental hours.
Rental rates climbed 2.42% across the market as a whole.
At the market rental rate, a used or refurbished A100 80GB purchase equaled more rental-equivalent hours—hours of renting that add up to the purchase price—on October 17 than on September 17. The rise far exceeded the rental-equivalent-hours gain for the market as a whole.
- Purchase prices · 30 days
- +3.65%
- vs Sep 17 · 12 GPUs
- Rental rates · 30 days
- +2.42%
- vs Sep 17 · 12 GPUs
- Rental-equivalent hours · 30 days
- +1.2%
- vs Sep 17 · 12 GPUs
- Rental-equivalent hours change
- +15.7%
- Number of the day30-day comparison · A100 80GB
- Hours today
- +0.07%
- Little changed vs Oct 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
290 days shown, Jan 1, 2026–Oct 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 6000 Ada · 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 6000 Ada +3.7%week over week
2 purchase/rental pairs compared
L40S +3.3%week over week
2 purchase/rental pairs compared
RTX 5090 +2.6%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.
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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.
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| Evidence | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B300 SXMNew · 288 GB · Blackwell Ultra8-GPU system · published price range | $400K–$500K | No purchase estimate | $7.69/hr | +0.9%7 days | — | Missing purchase or rental estimate | ⓘRental 10-17 · No purchase estimate
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| B200 SXMNew · 192 GB · Blackwell8-GPU system total | $431K | 0.0%7 days | $6.65/hr | +0.2%7 days | 8,089 hr | -0.2%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 10-17
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| H200 SXMNew · 141 GB · Hopper8-GPU system total | $325K | 0.0%7 days | $4.24/hr | -0.0%7 days | 9,579 hr | +0.0%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 10-17
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| H100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Hopper | $33K | +0.0%7 days | $3.93/hr | +0.1%7 days | 8,493 hr | -0.1%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-25 · Rental 10-17 |
| RTX PRO 6000 BlackwellUsed / refurbished · 96 GB · Blackwell | $19K | -1.7%7 days | $2.07/hr | +0.2%7 days | 9,070 hr | -1.9%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-17 · Rental 10-17 |
| A100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Ampere | $12K | +1.4%7 days | $2.79/hr | -0.1%7 days | 4,406 hr | +1.4%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-17 · Rental 10-17 |
| RTX 6000 AdaUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $8,715 | +3.9%7 days | $0.83/hr | +0.4%7 days | 10,491 hr | +3.6%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-17 · Rental 10-17 |
| L40SUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $8,534 | -0.5%7 days | $1.88/hr | -0.1%7 days | 4,540 hr | -0.4%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-17 · Rental 10-17 |
| DGX SparkNew · 128 GB · Blackwellcomplete system | $8,271 | +1.9%7 days | $0.75/hr | 0.0%7 days | 11,028 hr | +1.9%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-17 · Rental 10-17 · $0.75/hour rental rate, also used for DGX Spark rental-equivalent hours. Excluded from whole-market trends. |
| RTX 5090Used / refurbished · 32 GB · Blackwell | $7,242 | +2.4%7 days | $0.72/hr | +0.4%7 days | 10,102 hr | +1.9%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-17 · Rental 10-17 |
| RTX A6000Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $5,455 | +3.0%7 days | $0.55/hr | +0.0%7 days | 9,847 hr | +3.0%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-17 · Rental 10-17 |
| A40Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $4,766 | +2.7%7 days | $0.55/hr | +1.6%7 days | 8,675 hr | +1.1%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-17 · Rental 10-17 |
| RTX 4090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ada Lovelace | $3,210 | -0.4%7 days | $0.51/hr | +1.0%7 days | 6,256 hr | -1.3%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-17 · Rental 10-17 |
| RTX 3090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ampere | $1,651 | +0.3%7 days | $0.23/hr | +0.5%7 days | 7,031 hr | -0.3%7 days | ⓘPurchase 10-17 · Rental 10-17 |
DGX Spark rental and rental-equivalent hours use the $0.75/hour managed rental rate.