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Barriers to entry are low here. 2 cloud providers list the K80 with prices starting at just $0.18/hr per GPU (1-month reservation), making it accessible for testing without a large commitment.
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| Provider | GPUs | Total VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Billing | $/GPU/h | Total/h | Availability | |
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AWS
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1x K80 1x K80 12GB (p2.xlarge) | 12GB | 4 | 61GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.90 | $0.90 | Available | View |
Database Mart
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1x K80 1x K80 24GB (Basic Dedicated GPU Server - K80) | 24GB | 8 | 64GB | Reserved (1mo) Reserved capacity with a 1-month minimum commitment. | $0.18 | $0.18 | Unknown | View |
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AWS
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8x K80 8x K80 12GB (p2.8xlarge) | 96GB | 32 | 488GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.90 | $7.20 | Available | View |
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AWS
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16x K80 16x K80 12GB (p2.16xlarge) | 192GB | 64 | 732GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.90 | $14.40 | Available | View |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why choose the K80?
Dual-GPU card with 24GB total VRAM (12GB per die). Extremely low cost. Only suitable for basic GPU experimentation and legacy CUDA applications.
When is the K80 not a good fit?
Kepler architecture, 5+ generations behind. No FP16 Tensor Cores. Only viable for basic CUDA learning exercises or legacy applications.
Are K80 prices going up or down?
On-demand pricing has increased by about 10% since June 2025, from $0.82 to $0.90/hr per GPU.
What size AI models can the K80 run?
With 24GB of VRAM, the K80 can typically run 7B to 13B models in FP16, or larger models in 4-bit quantized form.
How much VRAM does the K80 have?
The K80 has 24GB of VRAM. Multi-GPU setups increase total memory, but that memory is not automatically pooled across GPUs.
What is the K80's memory bandwidth?
The K80 has 480 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Higher bandwidth helps with faster data transfer between GPU memory and compute cores.
What data types does the K80 support?
The K80 supports 2 precision formats. Training: FP32. Scientific: FP64.
Does the K80 support NVLink?
No. The K80 is a PCIe-only GPU with no NVLink, so it is better suited to single-GPU inference and smaller-scale workloads than large distributed training jobs.
How much does the K80 cost per hour?
K80 pricing currently ranges from $0.18/hr to $0.90/hr per GPU, depending on the provider, instance type, and billing model.
How much does the K80 cost per month?
At 720 hours per month, one K80 can cost between $129.02 to $648.00 per month, depending on the provider. Reserved and spot pricing can lower that further.
Which cloud providers offer the K80?
The K80 is available from 2 cloud providers: Amazon Web Services, Database Mart.
Can I rent the K80 in the cloud?
Yes. We currently track 4 K80 listings across 2 cloud providers:
Billing type Listings Avg $/GPU/hr On-demand 3 $0.90/hr Reserved 1 $0.18/hr
Technical Specifications
| Tesla K40 | Tesla K80 | |
|---|---|---|
| Peak double-precision floating point performance (board) | 1.43 Tflops | 1.87 Tflops |
| Peak single-precision floating point performance (board) | 4.29 Tflops | 5.6 Tflops |
| GPU | 1 x GK110B | 2 x GK210 |
| CUDA Cores | 2,880 | 4,992 |
| Memory size per board (GDDR5) | 12 GB | 24 GB |
| Memory bandwidth for board (ECC off) | 288 Gbytes/sec | 480 Gbytes/sec |
| Architecture features | SMX, Dynamic Parallelism, Hyper-Q | SMX, Dynamic Parallelism, Hyper-Q |
| System | Servers and workstations | Servers |
Source: official Nvidia K80 datasheet.
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