Two Nvidia consumer GPUs, one Turing and one Ampere: 6 GB GDDR5 against 12 GB GDDR6X and 4.8x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 3080 Ti.
At a glance
Updated 6 minutes ago- Memory
- 6 GB
- GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth
- 192 GB/s
- From
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- 3 providers
- Memory
- 12 GB
- GDDR6X
- Memory bandwidth
- 912 GB/s
- From
- $0.15 /GPU/hr
- 4 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | GTX 1660 | RTX 3080 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.04 | $0.15 | 3.7x more expensive on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Spot | $0.02 | $0.08 | 4x more expensive on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Reserved | $0.19 | No reserved listings | |
| Median | $0.36 | $0.19 | 47% cheaper on RTX 3080 Ti |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
GTX 1660 vs RTX 3080 Ti price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1660 | RTX 3080 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 6 GB GDDR5 | 12 GB GDDR6X | 2x more on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Bandwidth | 192 GB/s | 912 GB/s | 4.8x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 384-bit | 2x wider on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 10.1 TFLOPS | 68.2 TFLOPS | 6.8x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| INT8 | Not supported | 272.8 TOPS | RTX 3080 Ti only |
| FP32 | 5.0 TFLOPS | 34.1 TFLOPS | 6.8x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 120 W | 350 W | 2.9x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Released | Q1 2019 | Q2 2021 | 2 years newer on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GTX 1660 datasheet and RTX 3080 Ti datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | GTX 1660 /GPU/hr | RTX 3080 Ti /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.0400 | On-Demand $0.20 |
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.68 | On-Demand $0.15 |
Database Mart
|
Reserved (24mo) $0.19 | -- |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.18 |
Exoscale
|
-- | On-Demand $0.79 |
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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1660 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti on Sept. 7, 2026.