Two Nvidia consumer GPUs, one Pascal and one Turing: 8 GB GDDR5X against 11 GB GDDR6, 93% more memory bandwidth on the RTX 2080 Ti, and NVLink 100 GB/s on the RTX 2080 Ti where the GTX 1080 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 6 minutes ago- Memory
- 8 GB
- GDDR5X
- Memory bandwidth
- 320 GB/s
- From
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- 2 providers
- Memory
- 11 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 616 GB/s
- From
- $0.07 /GPU/hr
- 2 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | GTX 1080 | RTX 2080 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.04 | $0.07 | 41% cheaper on GTX 1080 |
| Spot | $0.02 | $0.06 | 3x more expensive on RTX 2080 Ti |
| Reserved | $0.05 | $0.07 | 33% cheaper on GTX 1080 |
| Median | $0.04 | $0.09 | 2.1x more expensive on RTX 2080 Ti |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
GTX 1080 vs RTX 2080 Ti price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1080 | RTX 2080 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR5X | 11 GB GDDR6 | 1.4x more on RTX 2080 Ti |
| Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 616 GB/s | 1.9x higher on RTX 2080 Ti |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 352-bit | 1.4x wider on RTX 2080 Ti |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 53.8 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | Not supported | 215.2 TOPS | RTX 2080 Ti only |
| FP32 | 8.9 TFLOPS | 13.4 TFLOPS | 1.5x higher on RTX 2080 Ti |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 100 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 2080 Ti only |
| Board power | 180 W | 250 W | 1.4x higher on RTX 2080 Ti |
| Released | Q2 2016 | Q3 2018 | 2 years newer on RTX 2080 Ti |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GTX 1080 datasheet and RTX 2080 Ti 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 2080 Ti /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.0400 | On-Demand $0.10 |
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.0470 | On-Demand $0.07 |
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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1080 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti on Sept. 7, 2026.