A consumer GPU against a data center card, one Pascal and one Kepler: 8 GB GDDR5X against 12 GB GDDR5 and 33% more memory bandwidth on the GTX 1080.
At a glance
Memory
- GTX 1080
- 8 GB
- K80
- 12 GB
1.5x more on K80
Memory bandwidth
- GTX 1080
- 320 GB/s
- K80
- 240 GB/s
1.3x higher on GTX 1080
Cheapest on-demand
- GTX 1080
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- K80
- $0.90 /GPU/hr
22x more expensive on K80
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | GTX 1080 | K80 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.90 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 (24 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.02 | No spot listings |
Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Medians are across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one. No median for on-demand and spot on the GTX 1080 and on-demand and reserved on the K80: we only show one when at least 3 providers list the GPU on that billing type. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
GTX 1080 vs K80 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1080 | K80 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR5X | 12 GB GDDR5 | 1.5x more on K80 |
| Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 240 GB/s | 1.3x higher on GTX 1080 |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 384-bit | 1.5x wider on K80 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP32 | 8.9 TFLOPS | 4.4 TFLOPS | 2x higher on GTX 1080 |
| FP64 | Not supported | 1.5 TFLOPS | K80 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 180 W | 150 W | 1.2x higher on GTX 1080 |
| Released | Q2 2016 | Q4 2014 | 2 years newer on GTX 1080 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP32FP64 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GTX 1080 datasheet and K80 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | GTX 1080 /GPU/hr | K80 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.0400 | -- |
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.05 | -- |
AWS
|
-- | On-Demand $0.90 |
Database Mart
|
-- | Reserved (24mo) $0.0447 |
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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1080 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia K80 on Sept. 14, 2026.