Two Nvidia consumer GPUs on the Pascal architecture: 4 GB GDDR5 against 8 GB GDDR5X and 2.9x the memory bandwidth on the GTX 1080.
At a glance
Updated 9 minutes ago- Memory
- 4 GB
- GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth
- 112 GB/s
- From
- $0.02 /GPU/hr
- 1 provider
- Memory
- 8 GB
- GDDR5X
- Memory bandwidth
- 320 GB/s
- From
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- 2 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | GTX 1050 Ti | GTX 1080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.02 | $0.04 | 2x more expensive on GTX 1080 |
| Spot | $0.01 | $0.02 | 25% cheaper on GTX 1050 Ti |
| Median | $0.02 | $0.05 | 2.3x more expensive on GTX 1080 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
GTX 1050 Ti vs GTX 1080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1050 Ti | GTX 1080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 4 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR5X | 2x more on GTX 1080 |
| Bandwidth | 112 GB/s | 320 GB/s | 2.9x higher on GTX 1080 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 256-bit | 2x wider on GTX 1080 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP32 | 2.1 TFLOPS | 8.9 TFLOPS | 4.1x higher on GTX 1080 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 75 W | 180 W | 2.4x higher on GTX 1080 |
| Released | Q4 2016 | Q2 2016 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP16FP32 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GTX 1050 Ti datasheet and GTX 1080 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | GTX 1050 Ti /GPU/hr | GTX 1080 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.0200 | On-Demand $0.0400 |
Vast.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.05 |
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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia GTX 1080 on Sept. 7, 2026.