Both have 12 GB of memory. The RTX A2000 is newer, has 20% more bandwidth and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- RTX A2000
- 12 GB
- K80
- 12 GB
Memory bandwidth
20% higher on RTX A2000
- RTX A2000
- 288 GB/s
- K80
- 240 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
88% cheaper on RTX A2000
- RTX A2000
- $0.11 /GPU/hr
- K80
- $0.90 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX A2000 | K80 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.11 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.90 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 (24 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 | No spot listings |
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 RTX A2000 and on-demand and reserved on the K80: 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
RTX A2000 vs K80 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX A2000 | K80 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR5 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 240 GB/s | 20% higher on RTX A2000 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 384-bit | 2x wider on K80 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 31.9 TFLOPS | Not supported | RTX A2000 only |
| FP32 | 8 TFLOPS | 4.4 TFLOPS | 83% higher on RTX A2000 |
| FP64 | Not supported | 1.5 TFLOPS | K80 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 70 W | 150 W | 2.1x higher on K80 |
| Released | Q3 2021 | Q4 2014 | 7 years newer on RTX A2000 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP32FP64 | |
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: RTX A2000 datasheet and K80 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 | RTX A2000 | K80 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.12 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
AWS
USA
|
-- | $0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Database Mart
USA
|
-- | $0.0447 /GPU/hr Reserved |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX A2000 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia K80 on Sept. 14, 2026.