The A100 has 5x the memory and 2x the bandwidth. The RTX 5080 is newer and typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
5x more on A100
- A100
- 80 GB
- RTX 5080
- 16 GB
Memory bandwidth
2x higher on A100
- A100
- 1,935 GB/s
- RTX 5080
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
50% cheaper on RTX 5080
- A100
- $0.39 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5080
- $0.20 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.81 /GPU/hr from $0.39 | $0.30 /GPU/hr from $0.20 | 83% cheaper on RTX 5080 |
| Reserved | $1.43 /GPU/hr from $0.58 (12 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.27 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | $0.96 /GPU/hr from $0.19 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.15 |
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 reserved and spot on the RTX 5080: 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 RTX 5080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 16 GB GDDR7 | 5x more on A100 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 960 GB/s | 2x higher on A100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 256-bit | 20x wider on A100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 900.4 TFLOPS | RTX 5080 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 225.1 TFLOPS | RTX 5080 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 112.6 TFLOPS | 2.8x higher on A100 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | 450.2 TOPS | 39% higher on A100 |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 56.3 TFLOPS | 2.9x higher on RTX 5080 |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | A100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A100 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 360 W | 20% higher on RTX 5080 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q1 2025 | 5 years newer on RTX 5080 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
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 RTX 5080 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | A100 | RTX 5080 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | $0.20 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
$0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$1.30 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.26 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
SwissGPU
Switzerland
|
-- | $0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand |
48 providers list the A100 and 6 the RTX 5080. Every listing is on the A100 page and the RTX 5080 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia H100
80 GB HBM3 · 73% more bandwidth than the A100
From $1.30 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia RTX 5090
32 GB GDDR7 · PCIe only
From $0.35 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X · 48% less bandwidth than the A100
From $0.30 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti
16 GB GDDR7 · released Q1 2025
From $0.16 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5080 on Sept. 14, 2026.