Both have 16 GB of memory. The RTX 5080 is newer, has 4.8x the bandwidth and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- A16
- 16 GB
- RTX 5080
- 16 GB
Memory bandwidth
4.8x higher on RTX 5080
- A16
- 200 GB/s
- RTX 5080
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
61% cheaper on RTX 5080
- A16
- $0.56 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5080
- $0.22 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A16 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.56 | $0.28 /GPU/hr from $0.22 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.25 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /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 on-demand on the A16 and 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
A16 vs RTX 5080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A16 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR7 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 200 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 4.8x higher on RTX 5080 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 256-bit | 2x wider on RTX 5080 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 900.4 TFLOPS | RTX 5080 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 225.1 TFLOPS | RTX 5080 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 17.9 TFLOPS | 112.6 TFLOPS | 6.3x higher on RTX 5080 |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | 450.2 TOPS | 13x higher on RTX 5080 |
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | 56.3 TFLOPS | 13x higher on RTX 5080 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q1 2025 | 4 years newer on RTX 5080 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A16 datasheet and RTX 5080 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. No provider we track offers both right now.
| Provider | A16 | RTX 5080 |
|---|---|---|
Sesterce
France
|
$0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runcrate
USA
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Vultr
USA
|
$0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.22 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.23 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.26 /GPU/hr On-demand |
SwissGPU
Switzerland
|
-- | $0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.39 /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 5090
32 GB GDDR7 · 87% more bandwidth than the RTX 5080
From $0.35 /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 A16 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5080 on Sept. 14, 2026.