A data center GPU against a consumer card, one Kepler and one Ampere: 12 GB GDDR5 against 8 GB GDDR6X and 2.5x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 3070 Ti.
At a glance
Updated 7 minutes ago- Memory
- 12 GB
- GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth
- 240 GB/s
- From
- $0.90 /GPU/hr
- 2 providers
- Memory
- 8 GB
- GDDR6X
- Memory bandwidth
- 608 GB/s
- From
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
- 2 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | K80 | RTX 3070 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.90 | $0.10 | 9x more expensive on K80 |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.06 | |
| Reserved | $0.04 | No reserved listings | |
| Median | $0.90 | $0.11 | 8.1x more expensive on K80 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
K80 vs RTX 3070 Ti price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | K80 | RTX 3070 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR5 | 8 GB GDDR6X | 1.5x more on K80 |
| Bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 608 GB/s | 2.5x higher on RTX 3070 Ti |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 1.5x wider on K80 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | Not supported | 43.5 TFLOPS | RTX 3070 Ti only |
| INT8 | Not supported | 174 TOPS | RTX 3070 Ti only |
| FP32 | 4.4 TFLOPS | 21.8 TFLOPS | 5x higher on RTX 3070 Ti |
| FP64 | 1.5 TFLOPS | Not supported | K80 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 150 W | 290 W | 1.9x higher on RTX 3070 Ti |
| Released | Q4 2014 | Q2 2021 | 7 years newer on RTX 3070 Ti |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP32FP64 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: K80 datasheet and RTX 3070 Ti datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | K80 /GPU/hr | RTX 3070 Ti /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
AWS
|
On-Demand $0.90 | -- |
Database Mart
|
Reserved (24mo) $0.0447 | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.10 |
Vast.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.12 |
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Our data for Nvidia K80 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti on Sept. 7, 2026.