A consumer GPU against a workstation card, one Pascal and one Ada Lovelace: 8 GB GDDR5X against 16 GB GDDR6 and 43% more memory bandwidth on the GTX 1080.
At a glance
Memory
- GTX 1080
- 8 GB
- RTX 2000 Ada
- 16 GB
2x more on RTX 2000 Ada
Memory bandwidth
- GTX 1080
- 320 GB/s
- RTX 2000 Ada
- 224 GB/s
1.4x higher on GTX 1080
Cheapest on-demand
- GTX 1080
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- RTX 2000 Ada
- $0.12 /GPU/hr
2.9x more expensive on RTX 2000 Ada
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | GTX 1080 | RTX 2000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 | $0.24 /GPU/hr from $0.12 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | On request | |
| 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: 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 RTX 2000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1080 | RTX 2000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR5X | 16 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on RTX 2000 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 224 GB/s | 1.4x higher on GTX 1080 |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 128-bit | 2x wider on GTX 1080 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 96.0 TFLOPS | RTX 2000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 48.0 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 | 8.9 TFLOPS | 12 TFLOPS | 1.4x higher on RTX 2000 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 180 W | 70 W | 2.6x higher on GTX 1080 |
| Released | Q2 2016 | Q2 2024 | 8 years newer on RTX 2000 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GTX 1080 datasheet and RTX 2000 Ada 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 | RTX 2000 Ada /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.0400 | -- |
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.05 | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.12 |
GPU.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.24 |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.24 |
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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1080 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.