A data center GPU against a consumer card, one Ampere and one Blackwell: 24 GB HBM2 against 16 GB GDDR7 and memory bandwidth within 5%.
At a glance
Memory
- A30
- 24 GB
- RTX 5080
- 16 GB
1.5x more on A30
Memory bandwidth
- A30
- 933 GB/s
- RTX 5080
- 960 GB/s
Within 5%
Cheapest on-demand
- A30
- $0.29 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5080
- $0.26 /GPU/hr
10% cheaper on RTX 5080
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A30 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.55 /GPU/hr from $0.29 | $0.31 /GPU/hr from $0.26 | 44% cheaper on RTX 5080 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.43 (1 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.15 |
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 reserved on the A30 and 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
A30 vs RTX 5080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A30 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB HBM2 | 16 GB GDDR7 | 1.5x more on A30 |
| Bandwidth | 933 GB/s | 960 GB/s | Within 5% |
| Bus width | 256-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 900.4 TFLOPS | RTX 5080 only |
| FP8 | Not supported | 225.1 TFLOPS | RTX 5080 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 165 TFLOPS | 112.6 TFLOPS | 1.5x higher on A30 |
| INT8 | 330 TOPS | 450.2 TOPS | 1.4x higher on RTX 5080 |
| FP32 | 10.3 TFLOPS | 56.3 TFLOPS | 5.5x higher on RTX 5080 |
| FP64 | 5.2 TFLOPS | Not supported | A30 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 165 W | 360 W | 2.2x higher on RTX 5080 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q1 2025 | 4 years newer on RTX 5080 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A30 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 | A30 /GPU/hr | RTX 5080 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.29 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $0.35 | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
On-Demand $0.55 | -- |
Leafcloud
|
On-Demand $0.70 | -- |
Exoscale
|
On-Demand $0.74 | -- |
Leaseweb
|
Reserved (1mo) $0.43 | -- |
AceCloud
|
Reserved (12mo) $0.67 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.39 | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.26 |
Vast.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $1.79 |
SwissGPU
|
-- | On-Demand $0.31 |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.39 |
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Our data for Nvidia A30 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5080 on Sept. 7, 2026.