A consumer GPU against a workstation card, one Pascal and one Ada Lovelace: 8 GB GDDR5X against 20 GB GDDR6 and 14% more memory bandwidth on the GTX 1080.
At a glance
Memory
- GTX 1080
- 8 GB
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- 20 GB
2.5x more on RTX 4000 SFF Ada
Memory bandwidth
- GTX 1080
- 320 GB/s
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- 280 GB/s
1.1x higher on GTX 1080
Cheapest on-demand
- GTX 1080
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- $0.43 /GPU/hr
11x more expensive on RTX 4000 SFF Ada
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | GTX 1080 | RTX 4000 SFF Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.43 | |
| 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 on the RTX 4000 SFF Ada: 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 4000 SFF Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1080 | RTX 4000 SFF Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR5X | 20 GB GDDR6 | 2.5x more on RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
| Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 280 GB/s | 1.1x higher on GTX 1080 |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 160-bit | 1.6x wider on GTX 1080 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 153.4 TFLOPS | RTX 4000 SFF Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 76.7 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 | 8.9 TFLOPS | 19.2 TFLOPS | 2.2x higher on RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 180 W | 70 W | 2.6x higher on GTX 1080 |
| Released | Q2 2016 | Q2 2023 | 7 years newer on RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GTX 1080 datasheet and RTX 4000 SFF Ada datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1080 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4000 SFF Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.