Both have 12 GB of memory. The RTX 3060 is newer, has 50% more bandwidth and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- K80
- 12 GB
- RTX 3060
- 12 GB
Memory bandwidth
50% higher on RTX 3060
- K80
- 240 GB/s
- RTX 3060
- 360 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
94% cheaper on RTX 3060
- K80
- $0.90 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3060
- $0.05 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | K80 | RTX 3060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.90 | $0.08 /GPU/hr from $0.05 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 (24 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 |
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 reserved and spot on the RTX 3060: 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 3060 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | K80 | RTX 3060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR5 | 12 GB GDDR6 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 360 GB/s | 50% higher on RTX 3060 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 192-bit | 2x wider on K80 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | Not supported | 25.5 TFLOPS | RTX 3060 only |
| INT8 | Not supported | 101.9 TOPS | RTX 3060 only |
| FP32 | 4.4 TFLOPS | 12.7 TFLOPS | 2.9x higher on RTX 3060 |
| FP64 | 1.5 TFLOPS | Not supported | K80 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 150 W | 170 W | 13% higher on RTX 3060 |
| Released | Q4 2014 | Q1 2021 | 6 years newer on RTX 3060 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP32FP64 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
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 3060 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 | K80 | RTX 3060 |
|---|---|---|
AWS
USA
|
$0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Database Mart
USA
|
$0.0447 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.0499 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.05 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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Nvidia P100
16 GB HBM2 · 3x the bandwidth of the K80
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Nvidia RTX 3070
8 GB GDDR6 · 24% more bandwidth than the RTX 3060
From $0.09 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 4060
8 GB GDDR6 · 24% less bandwidth than the RTX 3060
From $0.08 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia K80 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3060 on Sept. 14, 2026.