A consumer GPU against a workstation card, one Turing and one Ada Lovelace: 8 GB GDDR6 against 48 GB GDDR6, 2.1x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 5880 Ada, and NVLink 50 GB/s on the RTX 2080 where the RTX 5880 Ada is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- RTX 2080
- 8 GB
- RTX 5880 Ada
- 48 GB
6x more on RTX 5880 Ada
Memory bandwidth
- RTX 2080
- 448 GB/s
- RTX 5880 Ada
- 960 GB/s
2.1x higher on RTX 5880 Ada
Cheapest on-demand
- RTX 2080
- $0.08 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5880 Ada
- --
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 2080 | RTX 5880 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 | No on-demand listings | |
| 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: 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 5880 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 2080 | RTX 5880 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 6x more on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 2.1x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 384-bit | 1.5x wider on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 554.2 TFLOPS | RTX 5880 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 40.3 TFLOPS | 277.1 TFLOPS | 6.9x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| INT8 | 161.1 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 10 TFLOPS | 69.3 TFLOPS | 6.9x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 50 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on RTX 2080 only |
| Board power | 215 W | 285 W | 1.3x higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Released | Q3 2018 | Q1 2024 | 5 years newer on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 2080 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 2080 /GPU/hr | RTX 5880 Ada /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.08 | -- |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 2080 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5880 Ada on Sept. 7, 2026.