Two Nvidia workstation GPUs on the Ada Lovelace architecture: 16 GB GDDR6 against 48 GB GDDR6 and 4.3x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 5880 Ada.
At a glance
Memory
- RTX 2000 Ada
- 16 GB
- RTX 5880 Ada
- 48 GB
3x more on RTX 5880 Ada
Memory bandwidth
- RTX 2000 Ada
- 224 GB/s
- RTX 5880 Ada
- 960 GB/s
4.3x higher on RTX 5880 Ada
Cheapest on-demand
- RTX 2000 Ada
- $0.13 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5880 Ada
- $0.52 /GPU/hr
4x more expensive on RTX 5880 Ada
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 2000 Ada | RTX 5880 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.13 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.52 | |
| Reserved | On request | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.27 |
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 on the RTX 2000 Ada and on-demand and spot on the RTX 5880 Ada: 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
RTX 2000 Ada vs RTX 5880 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 2000 Ada | RTX 5880 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 3x more on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 4.3x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 384-bit | 3x wider on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 96.0 TFLOPS | 554.2 TFLOPS | 5.8x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| FP16 / BF16 | 48.0 TFLOPS | 277.1 TFLOPS | 5.8x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| FP32 | 12 TFLOPS | 69.3 TFLOPS | 5.8x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 70 W | 285 W | 4.1x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Released | Q2 2024 | Q1 2024 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 2000 Ada datasheet and RTX 5880 Ada datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | RTX 2000 Ada /GPU/hr | RTX 5880 Ada /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Theta EdgeCloud
|
On-Demand $0.13 | -- |
Runpod
|
Reservation on request | -- |
Vast.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.52 |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 2000 Ada was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5880 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.