Daily GPU market read · Sep 21, 2026
GPU purchase prices rose 11.6% in the month to September 21.
Rental rates fell 0.78%.
Across the GPUs we track, purchase prices now equal 12.4% more hours of renting than on August 22. Hours rose 0.41% this week, after rising 1.5% the week before.
- Purchase prices · 30 days
- +11.6%
- vs Aug 22 · 12 GPUs
- Rental rates · 30 days
- -0.78%
- vs Aug 22 · 12 GPUs
- Rental-equivalent hours · 30 days
- +12.4%
- Number of the dayvs Aug 22 · 12 GPUs
Reference board · Sep 21, 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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| B200 SXMNew · 192 GB · Blackwell8-GPU system total | $431K | Not enough price history | $6.49/hr | -1.6%30 days | 8,297 hr | Purchase and rental history don’t overlap | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 09-21 |
| H200 SXMNew · 141 GB · Hopper8-GPU system total | $325K | Not enough price history | $4.20/hr | -2.6%30 days | 9,668 hr | Purchase and rental history don’t overlap | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 09-21 |
| H100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Hopper | $31K | +1.4%30 days | $3.90/hr | +2.5%30 days | 8,024 hr | -1.0%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-11 · Rental 09-21 |
| RTX PRO 6000 BlackwellUsed / refurbished · 96 GB · Blackwell | $17K | +18.4%30 days | $1.90/hr | -0.8%30 days | 8,936 hr | +19.4%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-18 · Rental 09-21 |
| A100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Ampere | $9,821 | Not enough price history | $2.81/hr | -1.1%30 days | 3,500 hr | Purchase and rental history don’t overlap | ⓘPurchase 09-18 · Rental 09-21 |
| RTX 6000 AdaUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $9,298 | +60.1%30 days | $0.85/hr | -2.2%30 days | 10,892 hr | +63.7%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-21 · Rental 09-21 |
| L40SUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $8,706 | +17.4%30 days | $1.96/hr | -2.0%30 days | 4,452 hr | +19.9%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-21 · Rental 09-21 |
| RTX 5090Used / refurbished · 32 GB · Blackwell | $6,126 | +38.6%30 days | $0.69/hr | +1.5%30 days | 8,835 hr | +36.5%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-21 · Rental 09-21 |
| DGX SparkNew · 128 GB · Blackwellcomplete system | $5,862 | +12.5%30 days | $0.75/hr | 0.0%30 days | 7,816 hr | +12.5%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-21 · Rental 09-21 · $0.75/hour rental rate, also used for DGX Spark rental-equivalent hours. Excluded from whole-market trends. |
| RTX A6000Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $5,143 | +37.4%30 days | $0.56/hr | -3.0%30 days | 9,186 hr | +41.7%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-21 · Rental 09-21 |
| A40Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $4,639 | +4.0%30 days | $0.46/hr | +0.1%30 days | 10,140 hr | +3.9%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-20 · Rental 09-21 |
| RTX 4090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ada Lovelace | $3,055 | +17.5%30 days | $0.44/hr | +0.3%30 days | 6,981 hr | +17.1%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-20 · Rental 09-21 |
| RTX 3090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ampere | $1,491 | +11.1%30 days | $0.24/hr | -2.5%30 days | 6,335 hr | +13.9%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-21 · Rental 09-21 |
| B300 SXMNew · 288 GB · Blackwell Ultra | — | No purchase estimate | $7.50/hr | -0.0%30 days | — | Missing purchase or rental estimate | ⓘRental 09-21 · No purchase estimate |
DGX Spark rental and rental-equivalent hours use the $0.75/hour managed rental rate.