Why choose the GTX 1080?

8GB GDDR5X. Low-cost Pascal GPU for basic compute and legacy applications.

When is the GTX 1080 not a good fit?

No Tensor Cores. FP16 is emulated, not hardware-accelerated. Only viable for legacy CUDA code or basic cloud desktop rendering.

Are GTX 1080 prices going up or down?

The median on-demand price across providers has risen about 6% since August 2025, from $0.04 to $0.05/hr per GPU. This reflects the market-wide median, which moves both when providers change prices and when lower or higher priced offerings enter the market.

What size AI models can the GTX 1080 run?

With 8GB of VRAM, the GTX 1080 is mainly limited to small quantized models and lightweight GPU workloads.

How much VRAM does the GTX 1080 have?

The GTX 1080 has 8GB of VRAM. Multi-GPU setups increase total memory, but that memory is not automatically pooled across GPUs.

What is the GTX 1080's memory bandwidth?

The GTX 1080 has 320 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Higher bandwidth helps with faster data transfer between GPU memory and compute cores.

What data types does the GTX 1080 support?

The GTX 1080 supports 2 precision formats. Training: FP16, FP32.

Does the GTX 1080 support NVLink?

No. The GTX 1080 is a PCIe-only GPU with no NVLink, so it is better suited to single-GPU inference and smaller-scale workloads than large distributed training jobs.

How much does the GTX 1080 cost per hour?

GTX 1080 pricing currently ranges from $0.03/hr to $0.05/hr per GPU, depending on the provider, instance type, and billing model.

How much does the GTX 1080 cost per month?

At 720 hours per month, one GTX 1080 can cost between $20.81 to $36.32 per month, depending on the provider. Reserved and spot pricing can lower that further.

Which cloud providers offer the GTX 1080?

The GTX 1080 is available from 2 cloud providers: Salad, Vast.ai.

Can I rent the GTX 1080 in the cloud?

Yes. We currently track 9 GTX 1080 listings across 2 cloud providers: Billing type Listings Avg $/GPU/hr On-demand 5 $0.05/hr Spot 4 $0.04/hr

Nvidia GTX 1080

Pascal consumer GPU for legacy compute tasks.

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Key Specifications

Architecture

Pascal

Memory

8GB GDDR5X

Memory Bandwidth

320 GB/s

Release date

Q2 2016

GTX 1080 Pricing and Availability

We don't see much volatility for the GTX 1080 right now. Most providers are clustered between $0.04 and $0.05/hr per GPU, so availability is likely the deciding factor. Spot instances start lower, at $0.03/hr per GPU.

2 providers

How this list works

The two views

By provider shows one card per company, placed where its best offer ranked. By configuration lists every offer.

Order

What you can rent comes first: in stock, then waitlist, then not reported, then out of stock. Priced offers rank ahead of quote-only, and on-demand ahead of other billing types.

Within a group, five factors set the order, largest first:

Location: datacenter proximity, blended with provider HQ.
Price: hourly price, per GPU and in total.
Billing type: reserved ahead of spot, spot ahead of quote-only.
Specs: more VRAM, vCPUs and RAM.
Provider diversity: in By configuration, a provider's repeat rows rank slightly lower, so one company can't take all the top spots.

Search

We match the provider, GPU model, form factor, billing type, availability and instance name. Matching is partial and case-insensitive. Everyday words work too, so "interruptible" finds spot and "sold out" finds out of stock.

Transparency and funding

Ads and sponsors: Paid placements sit at the top of the list and are always labeled as sponsored content. Sponsorship never influences the organic ranking itself.
Affiliates: Affiliate links are marked. We may earn a commission if you click them, but commissions never affect the order.
Prices: Shown in USD, converted at daily reference rates where a provider publishes in another currency. A month means 720 hours. How we estimate costs.

Vast.ai Our sponsor

USA 8 configs 1x-6x

On-Demand from $0.0484 Spot from $0.0289

From $0.0484 / GPU / hr On-Demand Visit website


1x GTX 1080	8GB	4	31GB	Spot	$0.0289	$0.0289	In stock
1x GTX 1080	8GB	4	31GB	On-Demand	$0.0489	$0.0489	In stock
2x GTX 1080	16GB	19	21GB	Spot	$0.0411	$0.08	In stock
2x GTX 1080	16GB	19	21GB	On-Demand	$0.05	$0.10	In stock
4x GTX 1080	32GB	37	42GB	Spot	$0.0406	$0.16	In stock
4x GTX 1080	32GB	37	42GB	On-Demand	$0.0486	$0.19	In stock
6x GTX 1080	48GB	56	63GB	Spot	$0.0404	$0.24	In stock
6x GTX 1080	48GB	56	63GB	On-Demand	$0.0484	$0.29	In stock

Salad

USA 1 config 1x

On-Demand from $0.0440

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1x GTX 1080	8GB	4	8GB	On-Demand	$0.0440	$0.0440	Not reported

Heads up: We do our best to keep these specs & prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates & exact specs with the provider before provisioning.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why choose the GTX 1080?: 8GB GDDR5X. Low-cost Pascal GPU for basic compute and legacy applications.
When is the GTX 1080 not a good fit?: No Tensor Cores. FP16 is emulated, not hardware-accelerated. Only viable for legacy CUDA code or basic cloud desktop rendering.
Are GTX 1080 prices going up or down?: The median on-demand price across providers has risen about 6% since August 2025, from $0.04 to $0.05/hr per GPU. This reflects the market-wide median, which moves both when providers change prices and when lower or higher priced offerings enter the market.
What size AI models can the GTX 1080 run?: With 8GB of VRAM, the GTX 1080 is mainly limited to small quantized models and lightweight GPU workloads.
How much VRAM does the GTX 1080 have?: The GTX 1080 has 8GB of VRAM. Multi-GPU setups increase total memory, but that memory is not automatically pooled across GPUs.
What is the GTX 1080's memory bandwidth?: The GTX 1080 has 320 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Higher bandwidth helps with faster data transfer between GPU memory and compute cores.
What data types does the GTX 1080 support?: The GTX 1080 supports 2 precision formats. Training: FP16, FP32.
Does the GTX 1080 support NVLink?: No. The GTX 1080 is a PCIe-only GPU with no NVLink, so it is better suited to single-GPU inference and smaller-scale workloads than large distributed training jobs.
How much does the GTX 1080 cost per hour?: GTX 1080 pricing currently ranges from $0.03/hr to $0.05/hr per GPU, depending on the provider, instance type, and billing model.
How much does the GTX 1080 cost per month?: At 720 hours per month, one GTX 1080 can cost between $20.81 to $36.32 per month, depending on the provider. Reserved and spot pricing can lower that further.
Which cloud providers offer the GTX 1080?: The GTX 1080 is available from 2 cloud providers: Salad, Vast.ai.
Can I rent the GTX 1080 in the cloud?: Yes. We currently track 9 GTX 1080 listings across 2 cloud providers:

Billing type Listings Avg $/GPU/hr

On-demand 5 $0.05/hr

Spot 4 $0.04/hr