Two Nvidia consumer GPUs on the Pascal architecture: 6 GB GDDR5 against 8 GB GDDR5X and 67% more memory bandwidth on the GTX 1080.
At a glance
Updated 8 minutes ago- Memory
- 6 GB
- GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth
- 192 GB/s
- From
- $0.03 /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 1060 | GTX 1080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.03 | $0.04 | 25% cheaper on GTX 1060 |
| Spot | $0.02 | $0.02 | Identical |
| Median | $0.03 | $0.05 | 34% cheaper on GTX 1060 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
GTX 1060 vs GTX 1080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1060 | GTX 1080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 6 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR5X | 1.3x more on GTX 1080 |
| Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 320 GB/s | 1.7x higher on GTX 1080 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 256-bit | 1.3x wider on GTX 1080 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP32 | 4.4 TFLOPS | 8.9 TFLOPS | 2x higher on GTX 1080 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 120 W | 180 W | 1.5x higher on GTX 1080 |
| Released | Q3 2016 | Q2 2016 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP16FP32 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GTX 1060 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 1060 /GPU/hr | GTX 1080 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.0300 | On-Demand $0.0400 |
Vast.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.05 |
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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1060 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia GTX 1080 on Sept. 7, 2026.