The A30 is newer, with 2x the memory and 3.9x the bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on A30
- A30
- 24 GB
- K80
- 12 GB
Memory bandwidth
3.9x higher on A30
- A30
- 933 GB/s
- K80
- 240 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
64% cheaper on A30
- A30
- $0.32 /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 | A30 | K80 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.76 /GPU/hr from $0.32 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.90 | |
| Reserved | $0.55 /GPU/hr from $0.28 (12 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 (24 mo) | |
| Spot | Sold out | 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 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
A30 vs K80 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A30 | K80 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB HBM2 | 12 GB GDDR5 | 2x more on A30 |
| Bandwidth | 933 GB/s | 240 GB/s | 3.9x higher on A30 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 165 TFLOPS | Not supported | A30 only |
| INT8 | 330 TOPS | Not supported | A30 only |
| FP32 | 10.3 TFLOPS | 4.4 TFLOPS | 2.4x higher on A30 |
| FP64 | 5.2 TFLOPS | 1.5 TFLOPS | 3.6x higher on A30 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 165 W | 150 W | 10% higher on A30 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q4 2014 | 6 years newer on A30 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP32FP64 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A30 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 | A30 | K80 |
|---|---|---|
Leafcloud
Netherlands
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Seeweb
Italy
|
$0.32 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Exoscale
Switzerland
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
E2E Networks
India
|
$0.96 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Leaseweb
Netherlands
|
$0.45 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
AceCloud
India
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
AWS
USA
|
-- | $0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Database Mart
USA
|
-- | $0.08 /GPU/hr Reserved |
10 providers list the A30 and 2 the K80. Every listing is on the A30 page and the K80 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A30 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia K80 on Sept. 14, 2026.