A data center GPU against a consumer card, one Ampere and one Pascal: 80 GB HBM2e against 8 GB GDDR5X, 6x the memory bandwidth on the A100, and NVLink 600 GB/s on the A100 where the GTX 1080 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- A100
- 80 GB
- GTX 1080
- 8 GB
10x more on A100
Memory bandwidth
- A100
- 1,935 GB/s
- GTX 1080
- 320 GB/s
6x higher on A100
Cheapest on-demand
- A100
- $0.89 /GPU/hr
- GTX 1080
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
22x more expensive on A100
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | GTX 1080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.81 /GPU/hr from $0.89 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 | |
| Reserved | $1.60 /GPU/hr from $0.66 (24 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $1.20 /GPU/hr from $0.67 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.02 |
Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Medians are across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one. No median for on-demand and spot on the GTX 1080: we only show one when at least 3 providers list the GPU on that billing type. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
A100 vs GTX 1080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | GTX 1080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 8 GB GDDR5X | 10x more on A100 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 320 GB/s | 6x higher on A100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 256-bit | 20x wider on A100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | Not supported | A100 only |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 8.9 TFLOPS | 2.2x higher on A100 |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | A100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A100 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 180 W | 1.7x higher on A100 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q2 2016 | 4 years newer on A100 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP16FP32 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A100 datasheet and GTX 1080 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A100 /GPU/hr | GTX 1080 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.89 | -- |
Thunder Compute
|
On-Demand $1.09 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $1.35 | -- |
Packet·ai
|
On-Demand $1.43 | -- |
Spheron
|
On-Demand $1.43 | -- |
Oblivus
|
On-Demand $1.47 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $1.49 | -- |
Geodd
|
On-Demand $1.49 | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.0400 |
43 providers list the A100 and 1 the GTX 1080. Every listing is on the A100 page and the GTX 1080 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia GTX 1080 on Sept. 7, 2026.