A data center GPU against a consumer card on the Ampere architecture: 48 GB GDDR6 against 12 GB GDDR6X and 31% more memory bandwidth on the RTX 3080 Ti.
At a glance
Updated 5 minutes ago- Memory
- 48 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 696 GB/s
- From
- $0.49 /GPU/hr
- 7 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 | A40 | RTX 3080 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.49 | $0.15 | 3.3x more expensive on A40 |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.08 | |
| Reserved | $0.61 | No reserved listings | |
| Median | $0.49 | $0.19 | 2.6x more expensive on A40 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
A40 vs RTX 3080 Ti price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A40 | RTX 3080 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6X | 4x more on A40 |
| Bandwidth | 696 GB/s | 912 GB/s | 1.3x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 149.7 TFLOPS | 68.2 TFLOPS | 2.2x higher on A40 |
| INT8 | 299.3 TOPS | 272.8 TOPS | 1.1x higher on A40 |
| FP32 | 37.4 TFLOPS | 34.1 TFLOPS | 1.1x higher on A40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 300 W | 350 W | 1.2x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Released | Q4 2020 | Q2 2021 | 8 months newer on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A40 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 | A40 /GPU/hr | RTX 3080 Ti /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Runpod
|
On-Demand $0.49 | On-Demand $0.18 |
Exoscale
|
On-Demand $1.05 | On-Demand $0.79 |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.49 | -- |
Database Mart
|
Reserved (24mo) $0.61 | -- |
Utho
|
Reserved (36mo) $0.65 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $1.21 | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
On-Demand $1.49 | -- |
Vast.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.15 |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.20 |
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Our data for Nvidia A40 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti on Sept. 7, 2026.