Two Nvidia consumer GPUs on the Pascal architecture: 6 GB GDDR5 against 11 GB GDDR5X and 2.5x the memory bandwidth on the GTX 1080 Ti.
At a glance
Updated 6 minutes ago- Memory
- 6 GB
- GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth
- 192 GB/s
- From
- $0.03 /GPU/hr
- 2 providers
- Memory
- 11 GB
- GDDR5X
- Memory bandwidth
- 484 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 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.03 | $0.04 | 25% cheaper on GTX 1060 |
| Spot | $0.02 | $0.02 | Identical |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $0.04 | |
| Median | $0.06 | $0.05 | 19% cheaper on GTX 1080 Ti |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
GTX 1060 vs GTX 1080 Ti price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1060 | GTX 1080 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 6 GB GDDR5 | 11 GB GDDR5X | 1.8x more on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 484 GB/s | 2.5x higher on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 352-bit | 1.8x wider on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP32 | 4.4 TFLOPS | 11.3 TFLOPS | 2.6x higher on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 120 W | 250 W | 2.1x higher on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Released | Q3 2016 | Q1 2017 | 8 months newer on GTX 1080 Ti |
| 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 Ti 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 Ti /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.0300 | On-Demand $0.0400 |
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.09 | 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 Ti on Sept. 7, 2026.