The RTX 4000 SFF Ada is newer and has 2.5x the memory, while the GTX 1080 has 14% more bandwidth. The GTX 1080 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2.5x more on RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- GTX 1080
- 8 GB
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- 20 GB
Memory bandwidth
14% higher on GTX 1080
- GTX 1080
- 320 GB/s
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- 280 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
90% cheaper on GTX 1080
- GTX 1080
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4000 SFF Ada
- $0.42 /GPU/hr
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 $0.42 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 (3 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| 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, reserved 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 | 14% higher on GTX 1080 |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 160-bit | 60% 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 that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. No provider we track offers both right now.
| Provider | GTX 1080 | RTX 4000 SFF Ada |
|---|---|---|
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.0400 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.05 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Hetzner
Germany
|
-- | $0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Koyeb
France
|
-- | $0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.18 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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Nvidia RTX 2070
8 GB GDDR6 · 40% more bandwidth than the GTX 1080
From $0.06 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia L4
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From $0.27 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia GTX 1080 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4000 SFF Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.