A workstation GPU against a consumer card, one Ampere and one Blackwell: 12 GB GDDR6 against 16 GB GDDR7 and 3.3x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 5080.
At a glance
Memory
- RTX A2000
- 12 GB
- RTX 5080
- 16 GB
1.3x more on RTX 5080
Memory bandwidth
- RTX A2000
- 288 GB/s
- RTX 5080
- 960 GB/s
3.3x higher on RTX 5080
Cheapest on-demand
- RTX A2000
- --
- RTX 5080
- $0.12 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX A2000 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | Sold out | $0.31 /GPU/hr from $0.12 | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.18 |
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 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
RTX A2000 vs RTX 5080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX A2000 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR7 | 1.3x more on RTX 5080 |
| Bandwidth | 288 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 3.3x higher on RTX 5080 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 256-bit | 1.3x 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 | 31.9 TFLOPS | 112.6 TFLOPS | 3.5x higher on RTX 5080 |
| INT8 | 450.2 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 8 TFLOPS | 56.3 TFLOPS | 7x higher on RTX 5080 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 70 W | 360 W | 5.1x higher on RTX 5080 |
| Released | Q3 2021 | Q1 2025 | 4 years newer on RTX 5080 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
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 5080 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 5080 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Runpod
|
On-Demand $0.12 | On-Demand $0.39 |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.12 |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.42 |
SwissGPU
|
-- | On-Demand $0.31 |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX A2000 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5080 on Sept. 7, 2026.