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Daily GPU market read · Oct 2, 2026
Rental-equivalent hours rose after barely moving the week before
Purchase prices rose 5.19% across the GPUs we track in the month to October 2
After barely moving in the prior week, rental-equivalent hours—the hours of renting that add up to the purchase price—rose 0.26% from September 25 to October 2 across the market as a whole. Over the month, higher purchase prices outpaced nearly unchanged rental rates, lifting that measure by 5.01%.
- Purchase prices · 30 days
- +5.19%
- vs Sep 2 · 12 GPUs
- Rental rates · 30 days
- +0.17%
- vs Sep 2 · 12 GPUs
- Rental-equivalent hours · 30 days
- +5.01%
- Number of the dayvs Sep 2 · 12 GPUs
Reference board · Oct 2, 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 | $6.54/hr | +0.2%30 days | 8,227 hr | Purchase and rental history don’t overlap | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 10-02 |
| H200 SXMNew · 141 GB · Hopper8-GPU system total | $325K | Not enough price history | $4.23/hr | -1.3%30 days | 9,588 hr | Purchase and rental history don’t overlap | ⓘPurchase 09-04 · Rental 10-02 |
| H100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Hopper | $33K | +5.2%30 days | $3.90/hr | +1.4%30 days | 8,542 hr | +3.7%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-25 · Rental 10-02 |
| RTX PRO 6000 BlackwellUsed / refurbished · 96 GB · Blackwell | $18K | +14.8%30 days | $1.92/hr | +0.3%30 days | 9,518 hr | +14.4%30 days | ⓘPurchase 10-02 · Rental 10-02 |
| A100 80GBUsed / refurbished · 80 GB · Ampere | $11K | +13.1%30 days | $2.80/hr | -0.4%30 days | 4,095 hr | +13.6%30 days | ⓘPurchase 10-02 · Rental 10-02 |
| RTX 6000 AdaUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $9,048 | +32.6%30 days | $0.84/hr | -1.2%30 days | 10,790 hr | +34.2%30 days | ⓘPurchase 10-02 · Rental 10-02 |
| L40SUsed / refurbished · 48 GB · Ada Lovelace | $8,424 | +3.4%30 days | $1.92/hr | -1.1%30 days | 4,381 hr | +4.6%30 days | ⓘPurchase 10-02 · Rental 10-02 |
| DGX SparkNew · 128 GB · Blackwellcomplete system | $6,768 | +17.4%30 days | $0.75/hr | 0.0%30 days | 9,023 hr | +17.4%30 days | ⓘPurchase 10-02 · Rental 10-02 · $0.75/hour rental rate, also used for DGX Spark rental-equivalent hours. Excluded from whole-market trends. |
| RTX 5090Used / refurbished · 32 GB · Blackwell | $6,643 | +31.9%30 days | $0.70/hr | +1.1%30 days | 9,522 hr | +30.5%30 days | ⓘPurchase 10-01 · Rental 10-02 |
| RTX A6000Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $5,368 | +18.9%30 days | $0.56/hr | -1.3%30 days | 9,667 hr | +20.6%30 days | ⓘPurchase 10-02 · Rental 10-02 |
| A40Used / refurbished · 48 GB · Ampere | $4,484 | -3.1%30 days | $0.48/hr | +2.3%30 days | 9,417 hr | -5.3%30 days | ⓘPurchase 10-02 · Rental 10-02 |
| RTX 4090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ada Lovelace | $3,181 | +10.6%30 days | $0.46/hr | +3.9%30 days | 6,936 hr | +6.5%30 days | ⓘPurchase 09-28 · Rental 10-02 |
| RTX 3090Used / refurbished · 24 GB · Ampere | $1,572 | +9.2%30 days | $0.23/hr | -2.2%30 days | 6,828 hr | +11.6%30 days | ⓘPurchase 10-02 · Rental 10-02 |
| B300 SXMNew · 288 GB · Blackwell Ultra | — | No purchase estimate | $7.45/hr | +0.4%30 days | — | Missing purchase or rental estimate | ⓘRental 10-02 · No purchase estimate |
DGX Spark rental and rental-equivalent hours use the $0.75/hour managed rental rate.