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Daily GPU market read · Aug 19, 2026
Every GPU with prices all week tipped further toward renting.
GPU purchase prices are up 15.9% over the past month.
For GPUs with prices every day from August 12 to August 19, purchase prices now equal more hours of renting than they did a week earlier. Across the GPUs we track, rental-equivalent hours rose 5.99% over the same week. 8 of 8 moved the same way.
- Purchase prices · 7 days
- +5.62%
- vs Aug 12 · 10 GPUs
- Rental rates · 7 days
- -0.34%
- vs Aug 12 · 10 GPUs
- Rental-equivalent hours · 7 days
- +5.99%
- vs Aug 12 · 10 GPUs
- GPUs moving the same way
- 8 of 8
- Number of the day7-day comparison · GPUs with prices every day of the period
Reference board · Aug 19, 2026
Prices for this edition
Purchase and rental estimates as evaluated for this edition. Changes use the same period as the headline.
Scroll the table sideways for rental prices, changes, and evidence. GPU names stay visible.
| Evidence | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Hopper | 3 dates$31K | Not enough price history | $3.77/hr | +0.3%7 days | 3 dates8,122 hr | Purchase and rental history don’t overlap | ⓘPurchase 09-11 · Rental 09-11 |
| RTX PRO 6000 BlackwellUsed / refurbished · 96 GB · Blackwell | $14K | +11.2%7 days | $1.92/hr | -0.4%7 days | 7,272 hr | +11.6%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-11 · Rental 09-11 |
| L40SUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $7,345 | +2.0%7 days | $2.03/hr | -0.2%7 days | 3,627 hr | +2.2%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-11 · Rental 09-11 |
| RTX 6000 AdaUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $5,618 | +6.7%7 days | $0.89/hr | -0.9%7 days | 6,325 hr | +7.6%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-11 · Rental 09-11 |
| DGX SparkNew · 128 GB · Blackwellcomplete system | $5,028 | +4.2%7 days | $0.75/hr | 0.0%7 days | 6,703 hr | +4.2%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-11 · Rental 09-11 · $0.75/hour rental rate, also used for DGX Spark rental-equivalent hours. Excluded from whole-market trends. |
| A40Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $4,479 | +3.5%7 days | $0.46/hr | +0.3%7 days | 9,726 hr | +3.1%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-11 · Rental 09-11 |
| RTX 5090Used / refurbished · 32 GB · Blackwell | $4,311 | +4.5%7 days | $0.68/hr | +0.2%7 days | 6,321 hr | +4.3%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-11 · Rental 09-11 |
| RTX A6000Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $3,677 | +0.1%7 days | $0.59/hr | -1.2%7 days | 6,273 hr | +1.3%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-11 · Rental 09-11 |
| RTX 4090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ada Lovelace | $2,539 | +4.3%7 days | $0.44/hr | +0.7%7 days | 5,744 hr | +3.6%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-05 · Rental 09-11 |
| RTX 3090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ampere | $1,292 | +7.2%7 days | $0.24/hr | -1.6%7 days | 5,279 hr | +8.9%7 days | ⓘPurchase 09-11 · Rental 09-11 |
| B300 SXMNew · 288 GB · Blackwell Ultra | — | No purchase estimate | $7.50/hr | -0.1%7 days | — | Missing purchase or rental estimate | ⓘRental 09-11 · No purchase estimate |
| B200 SXMNew · 192 GB · Blackwell | — | No purchase estimate | $6.63/hr | -0.3%7 days | — | Missing purchase or rental estimate | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 09-11 · No purchase estimate |
| H200 SXMNew · 141 GB · Hopper | — | No purchase estimate | $4.33/hr | -0.6%7 days | — | Missing purchase or rental estimate | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 09-11 · No purchase estimate |
| A100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Ampere | — | No purchase estimate | $2.89/hr | +0.2%7 days | — | Missing purchase or rental estimate | ⓘPurchase 09-10 · Rental 09-11 · No purchase estimate |
DGX Spark rental and rental-equivalent hours use the $0.75/hour managed rental rate.