VERIFIED 2026Rent Your GPU for AI: How Much You Actually Earn in 2026
Renting out your GPU for AI workloads can earn between $50 and $350 per month for a consumer card like the RTX 4090 or RTX 5090 — if your electricity rate is below $0.15/kWh, your GPU meets the minimum requirements, and you can keep it available for 12+ hours per day. The platforms that pay most reliably are Vast.ai, Clore.ai, RunPod, and io.net. Datacenter cards like the H100 earn 4–8 times more per hour, but they cost $25,000+ and are out of reach for most individuals.