The K80 has 2x the memory, while the RTX 2060 is newer and has 40% more bandwidth. The RTX 2060 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on K80
- K80
- 12 GB
- RTX 2060
- 6 GB
Memory bandwidth
40% higher on RTX 2060
- K80
- 240 GB/s
- RTX 2060
- 336 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
94% cheaper on RTX 2060
- K80
- $0.90 /GPU/hr
- RTX 2060
- $0.05 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | K80 | RTX 2060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.90 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 (24 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.17 (24 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.02 |
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 reserved on the K80 and on-demand, reserved and spot on the RTX 2060: 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
K80 vs RTX 2060 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | K80 | RTX 2060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR5 | 6 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on K80 |
| Bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 336 GB/s | 40% higher on RTX 2060 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 192-bit | 2x wider on K80 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | Not supported | 25.8 TFLOPS | RTX 2060 only |
| INT8 | Not supported | 103.2 TOPS | RTX 2060 only |
| FP32 | 4.4 TFLOPS | 6.5 TFLOPS | 48% higher on RTX 2060 |
| FP64 | 1.5 TFLOPS | Not supported | K80 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 150 W | 160 W | 7% higher on RTX 2060 |
| Released | Q4 2014 | Q1 2019 | 4 years newer on RTX 2060 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP32FP64 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: K80 datasheet and RTX 2060 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | K80 | RTX 2060 |
|---|---|---|
Database Mart
USA
|
$0.0447 /GPU/hr Reserved | $0.17 /GPU/hr Reserved |
AWS
USA
|
$0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.05 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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Nvidia RTX 3060
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Nvidia RTX 2070
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Our data for Nvidia K80 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 2060 on Sept. 14, 2026.