LLM GPU Price Index: $ per GB of VRAM, Week of 2026-11-09
In the latest daily read (2026-11-13), among the 4 of 23 tracked cards with a quotable Amazon price, the cheapest new VRAM per GB is the RTX 3060 12GB: $430 for 12 GB, or $35.83 per GB (price checked 2026-11-13). The cheapest new card with 24 GB or more is the RTX 3090 at $1,915 ($79.79 per GB).
What moved since the week of 2026-11-02: RTX 3060 Ti up 10.2% to $380 (from $345); RTX 3090 up 9.8% to $1,900 (from $1,730). (frozen edition figures)
The index: latest prices
This table is re-read daily, so each price carries its own “checked” date; the frozen week-of-2026-11-09 figures are in Share this edition below. Sorted by new price per GB of VRAM, which is what sets the largest model a card can hold (see Will it run? for model-by-model fit). 4 of 23 cards have a quotable new price in the latest daily read. Used eBay medians are not available yet: no tracked card had the 8 listings in 7 days a median needs, so the used columns are left out. The other 19 are blank because fewer than 2 of their Amazon listings were both checked in the last 24 hours and priced between 0.5× and 1.6× launch MSRP; a listing marked up past that is not quoted as the card’s price.
*New prices are tracked snapshots of Amazon listings, each read on the "checked" date printed under it (within the last 24 hours), and are not live quotes: price may vary.
How the index is built
New is the second-cheapest Amazon listing linked to the card. It must match the card by name (so a 4080 SUPER can’t price the 4080), sit between 0.5× and 1.6× the launch MSRP (above that it is a marketplace markup, not the card's price), and have had its price checked in the last 24 hours. The second-cheapest rather than the cheapest means at least two listings meet the figure, so one mispriced listing can’t set it. A card with fewer than 2 such listings shows a dash.
Used is the median of used, pre-owned, refurbished and open-box eBay listings for the card seen in the last 7 days, counting each listing once. It is printed only when at least 8 listings were seen. Otherwise the cell shows how many were, because a median of three listings is noise.
vs last week compares with the first reading taken in the week of 2026-11-02. Each week's first reading is stored and never overwritten, so past editions stay as they were published.
Past editions
- Week of 2026-11-02 — cheapest new VRAM: RTX 3060 12GB at $430 ($35.83/GB)
- Week of 2026-10-26 — cheapest new VRAM: RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at $529 ($33.06/GB)
- Week of 2026-10-19 — cheapest new VRAM: RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at $519 ($32.44/GB)
- Week of 2026-10-12 — cheapest new VRAM: RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at $519 ($32.44/GB)
- Week of 2026-10-05 — cheapest new VRAM: RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at $530 ($33.13/GB)
- Week of 2026-09-28 — cheapest new VRAM: RTX 5060 Ti 16GB at $519 ($32.44/GB)
- Week of 2026-09-21 — cheapest new VRAM: Intel Arc A770 16GB at $369 ($23.06/GB)
Download the data
This week's table is a CSV at specpicks.com/data/gpu-price-index.csv, and each weekly edition goes out on the RSS feed. If you quote a figure, credit "SpecPicks LLM GPU Price Index" with the week and a link to this page.
Where to go next
- Will it run? — which models fit each of these cards, with cited tok/s.
- Which GPU for which LLM — VRAM floors per model tier.
- AI rigs hub — complete local-AI builds.
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