The RTX 6000 Ada is newer, with 6x the memory and 3x the bandwidth. The GTX 1080 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
6x more on RTX 6000 Ada
- GTX 1080
- 8 GB
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
3x higher on RTX 6000 Ada
- GTX 1080
- 320 GB/s
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
92% cheaper on GTX 1080
- GTX 1080
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- RTX 6000 Ada
- $0.48 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | GTX 1080 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 | $0.86 /GPU/hr from $0.48 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 (6 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.55 (6 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.02 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.27 |
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 6000 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 6000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1080 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR5X | 48 GB GDDR6 | 6x more on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 320 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 3x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 384-bit | 50% wider on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 728.5 TFLOPS | RTX 6000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 364.2 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 | 8.9 TFLOPS | 91.1 TFLOPS | 10x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 180 W | 300 W | 67% higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Released | Q2 2016 | Q4 2022 | 6 years newer on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GTX 1080 datasheet and RTX 6000 Ada 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 6000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.0485 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.48 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.0400 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.84 /GPU/hr On-demand |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $1.90 /GPU/hr On-demand |
TensorDock
Distributed
|
-- | $0.86 /GPU/hr On-demand |
SwissGPU
Switzerland
|
-- | $1.20 /GPU/hr On-demand |
DigitalOcean
USA
|
-- | $1.57 /GPU/hr On-demand |
AceCloud
India
|
-- | $1.04 /GPU/hr Reserved |
2 providers list the GTX 1080 and 13 the RTX 6000 Ada. Every listing is on the GTX 1080 page and the RTX 6000 Ada page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 2070
8 GB GDDR6 · 40% more bandwidth than the GTX 1080
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Nvidia L40S
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From $0.38 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX A6000
48 GB GDDR6 · 20% less bandwidth than the RTX 6000 Ada
From $0.40 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia GTX 1080 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.