A workstation GPU against a data center card, one Ampere and one Kepler: 16 GB GDDR6 against 12 GB GDDR5 and 87% more memory bandwidth on the A4000.
At a glance
Memory
- A4000
- 16 GB
- K80
- 12 GB
1.3x more on A4000
Memory bandwidth
- A4000
- 448 GB/s
- K80
- 240 GB/s
1.9x higher on A4000
Cheapest on-demand
- A4000
- $0.15 /GPU/hr
- K80
- $0.90 /GPU/hr
6x more expensive on K80
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A4000 | K80 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.21 /GPU/hr from $0.15 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.90 | |
| Reserved | $0.25 /GPU/hr from $0.11 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 (24 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.10 | 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 spot on the A4000 and 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
A4000 vs K80 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A4000 | K80 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR5 | 1.3x more on A4000 |
| Bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 240 GB/s | 1.9x higher on A4000 |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 384-bit | 1.5x wider on K80 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 76.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | A4000 only |
| FP32 | 19.2 TFLOPS | 4.4 TFLOPS | 4.4x higher on A4000 |
| FP64 | Not supported | 1.5 TFLOPS | K80 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 140 W | 150 W | 1.1x higher on K80 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q4 2014 | 6 years newer on A4000 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP32FP64 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A4000 datasheet and K80 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A4000 /GPU/hr | K80 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Database Mart
|
Reserved (24mo) $0.17 | Reserved (24mo) $0.0447 |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $0.17 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.88 | -- |
Vast.ai
|
Spot $0.10 | -- |
Hyperstack
|
On-Demand $0.15 | -- |
TensorDock
|
On-Demand $0.21 | -- |
Paperspace
|
On-Demand $0.76 | -- |
Cirrascale
|
Reserved (12mo) $0.28 | -- |
AWS
|
-- | On-Demand $0.90 |
12 providers list the A4000 and 2 the K80. Every listing is on the A4000 page and the K80 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A4000 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia K80 on Sept. 7, 2026.