The RTX 5000 has 2x the memory, with the same bandwidth. The RTX 2080 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on RTX 5000
- RTX 2080
- 8 GB
- RTX 5000
- 16 GB
Memory bandwidth
Identical
- RTX 2080
- 448 GB/s
- RTX 5000
- 448 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
87% cheaper on RTX 2080
- RTX 2080
- $0.08 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5000
- $0.60 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 2080 | RTX 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.60 | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 | No spot listings |
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 spot on the RTX 2080 and on-demand on the RTX 5000: 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 2080 vs RTX 5000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 2080 | RTX 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on RTX 5000 |
| Bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 448 GB/s | Identical |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 256-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 40.3 TFLOPS | 89.2 TFLOPS | 2.2x higher on RTX 5000 |
| INT8 | 161.1 TOPS | 178.4 TOPS | 11% higher on RTX 5000 |
| FP32 | 10 TFLOPS | 11.2 TFLOPS | 12% higher on RTX 5000 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 50 GB/s | NVLink 50 GB/s | Identical |
| Board power | 215 W | 265 W | 23% higher on RTX 5000 |
| Released | Q3 2018 | Q3 2018 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 2080 datasheet and RTX 5000 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 | RTX 2080 | RTX 5000 |
|---|---|---|
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
OVH
France
|
-- | $0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Paperspace
USA
|
-- | $0.82 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X · 70% more bandwidth than the RTX 2080
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Nvidia RTX 2070
8 GB GDDR6 · PCIe only
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Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti
11 GB GDDR6 · 38% more bandwidth than the RTX 2080
From $0.09 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia A5000
24 GB GDDR6 · 71% more bandwidth than the RTX 5000
From $0.18 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
32 GB GDDR6 · 29% more bandwidth than the RTX 5000
From $0.34 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia RTX 2080 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5000 on Sept. 14, 2026.