A workstation GPU against a consumer card on the Ampere architecture: 12 GB GDDR6 against 12 GB GDDR6X and 3.2x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 3080 Ti.
At a glance
Updated 5 minutes ago- Memory
- 12 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 288 GB/s
- From
- $0.05 /GPU/hr
- 3 providers
- Memory
- 12 GB
- GDDR6X
- Memory bandwidth
- 912 GB/s
- From
- $0.15 /GPU/hr
- 4 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | RTX A2000 | RTX 3080 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.05 | $0.15 | 2.9x more expensive on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Spot | $0.03 | $0.08 | 2.6x more expensive on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Median | $0.11 | $0.19 | 44% cheaper on RTX A2000 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
RTX A2000 vs RTX 3080 Ti price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX A2000 | RTX 3080 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6X | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 912 GB/s | 3.2x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 384-bit | 2x wider on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 31.9 TFLOPS | 68.2 TFLOPS | 2.1x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| INT8 | 272.8 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 8 TFLOPS | 34.1 TFLOPS | 4.3x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 70 W | 350 W | 5x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Released | Q3 2021 | Q2 2021 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
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 3080 Ti datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | RTX A2000 /GPU/hr | RTX 3080 Ti /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.05 | On-Demand $0.15 |
Runpod
|
On-Demand $0.12 | On-Demand $0.18 |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
On-Demand $0.14 | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.20 |
Exoscale
|
-- | On-Demand $0.79 |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX A2000 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti on Sept. 7, 2026.