The V100 is newer, with 2.7x the memory and 3.8x the bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2.7x more on V100
- K80
- 12 GB
- V100
- 32 GB
Memory bandwidth
3.8x higher on V100
- K80
- 240 GB/s
- V100
- 900 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
91% cheaper on V100
- K80
- $0.90 /GPU/hr
- V100
- $0.08 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | K80 | V100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.90 | $0.97 /GPU/hr from $0.08 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 (24 mo) | $1.51 /GPU/hr from $0.22 (24 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.25 /GPU/hr from $0.09 |
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: 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 V100 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | K80 | V100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR5 | 32 GB HBM2 | 2.7x more on V100 |
| Bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 900 GB/s | 3.8x higher on V100 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 4,096-bit | 11x wider on V100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | Not supported | 125 TFLOPS | V100 only |
| FP32 | 4.4 TFLOPS | 15.7 TFLOPS | 3.6x higher on V100 |
| FP64 | 1.5 TFLOPS | 7.8 TFLOPS | 5.3x higher on V100 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 300 GB/s | NVLink on V100 only |
| Board power | 150 W | 300 W | 2x higher on V100 |
| Released | Q4 2014 | Q2 2017 | 3 years newer on V100 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP32FP64 | FP16FP32FP64INT8 | |
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 V100 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 | V100 |
|---|---|---|
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$0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
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$0.0447 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
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-- | $0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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-- | $0.12 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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-- | $0.14 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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-- | $0.23 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
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-- | $2.57 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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-- | $3.04 /GPU/hr On-demand NVL |
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-- | $0.10 /GPU/hr Spot |
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-- | $0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand |
2 providers list the K80 and 21 the V100. Every listing is on the K80 page and the V100 page.
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Our data for Nvidia K80 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia V100 on Sept. 14, 2026.