Two Nvidia consumer GPUs on the Turing architecture: 6 GB GDDR6 against 8 GB GDDR6, 33% more memory bandwidth on the RTX 2080, and NVLink 50 GB/s on the RTX 2080 where the RTX 2060 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 44 minutes ago- Memory
- 6 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 336 GB/s
- From
- $0.05 /GPU/hr
- 2 providers
- Memory
- 8 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 448 GB/s
- From
- $0.08 /GPU/hr
- 1 provider
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | RTX 2060 | RTX 2080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.05 | $0.08 | 38% cheaper on RTX 2060 |
| Spot | $0.02 | $0.05 | 2.5x more expensive on RTX 2080 |
| Reserved | $0.17 | No reserved listings | |
| Median | $0.05 | $0.08 | 38% cheaper on RTX 2060 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
RTX 2060 vs RTX 2080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 2060 | RTX 2080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 6 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 1.3x more on RTX 2080 |
| Bandwidth | 336 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 1.3x higher on RTX 2080 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 256-bit | 1.3x wider on RTX 2080 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 25.8 TFLOPS | 40.3 TFLOPS | 1.6x higher on RTX 2080 |
| INT8 | 103.2 TOPS | 161.1 TOPS | 1.6x higher on RTX 2080 |
| FP32 | 6.5 TFLOPS | 10 TFLOPS | 1.6x higher on RTX 2080 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 50 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 2080 only |
| Board power | 160 W | 215 W | 1.3x higher on RTX 2080 |
| Released | Q1 2019 | Q3 2018 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
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: RTX 2060 datasheet and RTX 2080 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | RTX 2060 /GPU/hr | RTX 2080 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.05 | On-Demand $0.08 |
Database Mart
|
Reserved (24mo) $0.17 | -- |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 2060 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 2080 on Sept. 7, 2026.