The A16 is newer and has 45% more memory, while the RTX 2080 Ti has 3.1x the bandwidth. The RTX 2080 Ti is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
45% more on A16
- A16
- 16 GB
- RTX 2080 Ti
- 11 GB
Memory bandwidth
3.1x higher on RTX 2080 Ti
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- RTX 2080 Ti
- 616 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
24% cheaper on RTX 2080 Ti
- A16
- $0.11 /GPU/hr
- RTX 2080 Ti
- $0.08 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | RTX 2080 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.11 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 |
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 A16 and on-demand and spot on the RTX 2080 Ti: 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
A16 vs RTX 2080 Ti price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | RTX 2080 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 11 GB GDDR6 | 45% more on A16 |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 616 GB/s | 3.1x higher on RTX 2080 Ti |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 352-bit | 2.8x wider on RTX 2080 Ti |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 53.8 TFLOPS | 3x higher on RTX 2080 Ti |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | 215.2 TOPS | 6x higher on RTX 2080 Ti |
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 13.4 TFLOPS | 3x higher on RTX 2080 Ti |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 100 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 2080 Ti only |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q3 2018 | 2 years newer on A16 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and RTX 2080 Ti datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | A16 | RTX 2080 Ti |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vultr
USA
|
$0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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Nvidia A10
24 GB GDDR6 · 3x the bandwidth of the A16
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Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X · 48% more bandwidth than the RTX 2080 Ti
From $0.11 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti
12 GB GDDR6X · 18% less bandwidth than the RTX 2080 Ti
From $0.20 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A16 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti on Sept. 14, 2026.