The RTX A2000 is newer and has 50% more memory, while the RTX 2080 has 56% more bandwidth. The RTX 2080 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
50% more on RTX A2000
- RTX A2000
- 12 GB
- RTX 2080
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
56% higher on RTX 2080
- RTX A2000
- 288 GB/s
- RTX 2080
- 448 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
94% cheaper on RTX 2080
- RTX A2000
- $1.34 /GPU/hr
- RTX 2080
- $0.08 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX A2000 | RTX 2080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $1.34 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $1.20 (1 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.10 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 |
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, reserved and spot on the RTX A2000 and on-demand and spot on the RTX 2080: 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 RTX 2080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX A2000 | RTX 2080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 50% more on RTX A2000 |
| Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 56% higher on RTX 2080 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 256-bit | 33% wider on RTX 2080 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 31.9 TFLOPS | 40.3 TFLOPS | 26% higher on RTX 2080 |
| INT8 | 161.1 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 8 TFLOPS | 10 TFLOPS | 25% higher on RTX 2080 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 50 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 2080 only |
| Board power | 70 W | 215 W | 3.1x higher on RTX 2080 |
| Released | Q3 2021 | Q3 2018 | 3 years newer on RTX A2000 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
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 RTX 2080 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 | RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$1.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.12 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX A2000 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 2080 on Sept. 14, 2026.