The GTX 1080 Ti has 2.8x the memory and 4.3x the bandwidth. The GTX 1050 Ti is cheaper right now.

At a glance

Memory

2.8x more on GTX 1080 Ti

GTX 1050 Ti
4 GB
GTX 1080 Ti
11 GB

Memory bandwidth

4.3x higher on GTX 1080 Ti

GTX 1050 Ti
112 GB/s
GTX 1080 Ti
484 GB/s

Cheapest on-demand

50% cheaper on GTX 1050 Ti

GTX 1050 Ti
$0.02 /GPU/hr
GTX 1080 Ti
$0.04 /GPU/hr

Price comparison

Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.

Billing GTX 1050 Ti GTX 1080 Ti Difference
On-demand -- /GPU/hr from $0.02 -- /GPU/hr from $0.04
Reserved No reserved listings -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 (1 mo)
Spot -- /GPU/hr from $0.01 -- /GPU/hr from $0.02

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 spot on the GTX 1050 Ti and on-demand, reserved and spot on the GTX 1080 Ti: 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

GTX 1050 Ti vs GTX 1080 Ti price history

Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour

Last 12 months
Aggregating historical prices...

Specs comparison

Spec GTX 1050 Ti GTX 1080 Ti Difference
Memory
Capacity 4 GB GDDR5 11 GB GDDR5X 2.8x more on GTX 1080 Ti
Bandwidth 112 GB/s 484 GB/s 4.3x higher on GTX 1080 Ti
Bus width 128-bit 352-bit 2.8x wider on GTX 1080 Ti
Compute · dense
FP32 2.1 TFLOPS 11.3 TFLOPS 5.3x higher on GTX 1080 Ti
Platform
Interconnect PCIe only PCIe only
Board power 75 W 250 W 3.3x higher on GTX 1080 Ti
Released Q4 2016 Q1 2017
Precision
Supported formats FP16FP32 FP16FP32

Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.

Source: GTX 1050 Ti datasheet and GTX 1080 Ti datasheet.

Where to rent them

Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.

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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti on Sept. 14, 2026.