A data center GPU against a consumer card, one Kepler and one Ampere: 12 GB GDDR5 against 10 GB GDDR6X and 3.2x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 3080.
At a glance
Updated 8 minutes ago- Memory
- 12 GB
- GDDR5
- Memory bandwidth
- 240 GB/s
- From
- $0.90 /GPU/hr
- 2 providers
- Memory
- 10 GB
- GDDR6X
- Memory bandwidth
- 760 GB/s
- From
- $0.18 /GPU/hr
- 3 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | K80 | RTX 3080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.90 | $0.18 | 5x more expensive on K80 |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.06 | |
| Reserved | $0.04 | No reserved listings | |
| Median | $0.90 | $0.19 | 4.6x 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 3080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | K80 | RTX 3080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR5 | 10 GB GDDR6X | 1.2x more on K80 |
| Bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 760 GB/s | 3.2x higher on RTX 3080 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 320-bit | 1.2x wider on K80 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | Not supported | 59.5 TFLOPS | RTX 3080 only |
| INT8 | Not supported | 238 TOPS | RTX 3080 only |
| FP32 | 4.4 TFLOPS | 29.8 TFLOPS | 6.8x higher on RTX 3080 |
| FP64 | 1.5 TFLOPS | Not supported | K80 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 150 W | 320 W | 2.1x higher on RTX 3080 |
| Released | Q4 2014 | Q3 2020 | 6 years newer on RTX 3080 |
| 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 3080 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 3080 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
AWS
|
On-Demand $0.90 | -- |
Database Mart
|
Reserved (24mo) $0.0447 | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.18 |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.21 |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.17 |
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Our data for Nvidia K80 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3080 on Sept. 7, 2026.