Two Nvidia consumer GPUs, one Pascal and one Turing: 11 GB GDDR5X against 8 GB GDDR6, 8% more memory bandwidth on the GTX 1080 Ti, and NVLink 50 GB/s on the RTX 2080 where the GTX 1080 Ti is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 8 minutes ago- Memory
- 11 GB
- GDDR5X
- Memory bandwidth
- 484 GB/s
- From
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- 2 providers
- Memory
- 8 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 448 GB/s
- From
- $0.08 /GPU/hr
- 1 provider
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | GTX 1080 Ti | RTX 2080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.04 | $0.08 | 2x more expensive on RTX 2080 |
| Spot | $0.02 | $0.05 | 2.5x more expensive on RTX 2080 |
| Median | $0.05 | $0.08 | 34% 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 1080 Ti vs RTX 2080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1080 Ti | RTX 2080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 11 GB GDDR5X | 8 GB GDDR6 | 1.4x more on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Bandwidth | 484 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 1.1x higher on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Bus width | 352-bit | 256-bit | 1.4x wider on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 40.3 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | Not supported | 161.1 TOPS | RTX 2080 only |
| FP32 | 11.3 TFLOPS | 10 TFLOPS | 1.1x higher on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 50 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 2080 only |
| Board power | 250 W | 215 W | 1.2x higher on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Released | Q1 2017 | Q3 2018 | 2 years newer on RTX 2080 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GTX 1080 Ti datasheet and RTX 2080 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | GTX 1080 Ti /GPU/hr | RTX 2080 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.0400 | On-Demand $0.08 |
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.06 | -- |
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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 2080 on Sept. 7, 2026.