Nvidia GTX 1080 vs Nvidia RTX 3080

The RTX 3080 is newer, with 25% more memory and 2.4x the bandwidth. The GTX 1080 is cheaper right now.

At a glance

Memory

25% more on RTX 3080

GTX 1080: 8 GB

RTX 3080: 10 GB

Memory bandwidth

2.4x higher on RTX 3080

GTX 1080: 320 GB/s

RTX 3080: 760 GB/s

Cheapest on-demand

63% cheaper on GTX 1080

GTX 1080: $0.04 /GPU/hr

RTX 3080: $0.11 /GPU/hr

Price comparison

Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.

Billing	GTX 1080	RTX 3080
On-demand	-- /GPU/hr from $0.04	$0.15 /GPU/hr from $0.11
Reserved	-- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo)	-- /GPU/hr from $0.12 (3 mo)
Spot	-- /GPU/hr from $0.02	-- /GPU/hr from $0.06

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, reserved and spot on the GTX 1080 and reserved and spot on the RTX 3080: 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 3080 price history

Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour

Last 12 months

Aggregating historical prices...

Specs comparison

Spec	GTX 1080	RTX 3080	Difference
Memory
Capacity	8 GB GDDR5X	10 GB GDDR6X	25% more on RTX 3080
Bandwidth	320 GB/s	760 GB/s	2.4x higher on RTX 3080
Bus width	256-bit	320-bit	25% wider on RTX 3080
Compute · dense
FP16 / BF16		59.5 TFLOPS
INT8	Not supported	238 TOPS	RTX 3080 only
FP32	8.9 TFLOPS	29.8 TFLOPS	3.4x higher on RTX 3080
Platform
Interconnect	PCIe only	PCIe only
Board power	180 W	320 W	78% higher on RTX 3080
Released	Q2 2016	Q3 2020	4 years newer on RTX 3080
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 datasheet and RTX 3080 datasheet.

Where to rent them

Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.

Provider	GTX 1080	RTX 3080
Vast.ai USA	$0.05 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand
Salad Distributed	$0.0400 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.14 /GPU/hr On-demand
GPU.ai UAE	--	$0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand
Theta EdgeCloud Distributed	--	$0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand
Runpod USA	--	$0.17 /GPU/hr On-demand