Daily GPU market read · Sep 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
Reference board · Sep 17, 2026
Prices for this edition
Purchase and rental estimates as evaluated for this edition. Changes use the same period as the headline.
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| Evidence | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B200 SXMNew · 192 GB · Blackwell8-GPU system total | $431K | Not enough price history | $6.51/hr | -1.5%30 days | 8,264 hr | Purchase and rental history don’t overlap | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 09-17 |
| H200 SXMNew · 141 GB · Hopper8-GPU system total | $325K | Not enough price history | $4.22/hr | -2.7%30 days | 9,613 hr | Purchase and rental history don’t overlap | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 09-17 |
| H100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Hopper | $31K | +2.5%30 days | $3.88/hr | +2.0%30 days | 8,060 hr | +0.5%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-11 · Rental 09-17 |
| RTX PRO 6000 BlackwellUsed / refurbished · 96 GB · Blackwell | $17K | +20.5%30 days | $1.90/hr | -1.0%30 days | 8,729 hr | +21.7%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-14 · Rental 09-17 |
| A100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Ampere | $9,756 | Not enough price history | $2.82/hr | -0.9%30 days | 3,459 hr | Purchase and rental history don’t overlap | ⓘPurchase 09-10 · Rental 09-17 |
| RTX 6000 AdaUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $8,619 | +56.1%30 days | $0.86/hr | -2.4%30 days | 10,005 hr | +60.0%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-16 · Rental 09-17 |
| L40SUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $8,600 | +17.0%30 days | $1.98/hr | -2.0%30 days | 4,345 hr | +19.4%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-16 · Rental 09-17 |
| DGX SparkNew · 128 GB · Blackwellcomplete system | $6,035 | +21.2%30 days | $0.75/hr | 0.0%30 days | 8,046 hr | +21.2%30 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 | +37.0%30 days | $0.69/hr | +1.6%30 days | 8,459 hr | +34.9%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-17 · Rental 09-17 |
| RTX A6000Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $4,921 | +33.4%30 days | $0.56/hr | -3.5%30 days | 8,770 hr | +38.3%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-16 · Rental 09-17 |
| A40Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $4,781 | +6.9%30 days | $0.47/hr | +2.5%30 days | 10,161 hr | +4.2%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-16 · Rental 09-17 |
| RTX 4090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ada Lovelace | $3,011 | +19.1%30 days | $0.45/hr | +2.6%30 days | 6,693 hr | +16.1%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-16 · Rental 09-17 |
| RTX 3090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ampere | $1,486 | +16.6%30 days | $0.24/hr | -1.6%30 days | 6,186 hr | +18.6%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-17 · Rental 09-17 |
| B300 SXMNew · 288 GB · Blackwell Ultra | — | No purchase estimate | $7.50/hr | -0.0%30 days | — | Missing purchase or rental estimate | ⓘRental 09-17 · No purchase estimate |
DGX Spark rental and rental-equivalent hours use the $0.75/hour managed rental rate.