Two Nvidia consumer GPUs, one Pascal and one Ampere: 11 GB GDDR5X against 12 GB GDDR6 and 34% more memory bandwidth on the GTX 1080 Ti.
At a glance
Updated 8 minutes ago- Memory
- 11 GB
- GDDR5X
- Memory bandwidth
- 484 GB/s
- From
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- 2 providers
- Memory
- 12 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 360 GB/s
- From
- $0.05 /GPU/hr
- 3 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | GTX 1080 Ti | RTX 3060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.04 | $0.05 | 20% cheaper on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Spot | $0.02 | $0.03 | 33% cheaper on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $0.11 | |
| Median | $0.05 | $0.07 | 20% 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 3060 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1080 Ti | RTX 3060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 11 GB GDDR5X | 12 GB GDDR6 | 1.1x more on RTX 3060 |
| Bandwidth | 484 GB/s | 360 GB/s | 1.3x higher on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Bus width | 352-bit | 192-bit | 1.8x wider on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 25.5 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | Not supported | 101.9 TOPS | RTX 3060 only |
| FP32 | 11.3 TFLOPS | 12.7 TFLOPS | 1.1x higher on RTX 3060 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 250 W | 170 W | 1.5x higher on GTX 1080 Ti |
| Released | Q1 2017 | Q1 2021 | 4 years newer on RTX 3060 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
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 1080 Ti datasheet and RTX 3060 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 3060 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.0400 | On-Demand $0.08 |
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.06 | Reserved (1mo) $0.11 |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.0499 |
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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3060 on Sept. 7, 2026.