Two Nvidia consumer GPUs, one Ampere and one Ada Lovelace: 8 GB GDDR6 against 16 GB GDDR6X and 3.2x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 4080.
At a glance
Memory
- RTX 3050
- 8 GB
- RTX 4080
- 16 GB
2x more on RTX 4080
Memory bandwidth
- RTX 3050
- 224 GB/s
- RTX 4080
- 717 GB/s
3.2x higher on RTX 4080
Cheapest on-demand
- RTX 3050
- $0.07 /GPU/hr
- RTX 4080
- $0.25 /GPU/hr
3.5x more expensive on RTX 4080
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3050 | RTX 4080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | $0.27 /GPU/hr from $0.25 | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.11 |
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 3050 and spot on the RTX 4080: 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 3050 vs RTX 4080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3050 | RTX 4080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6X | 2x more on RTX 4080 |
| Bandwidth | 224 GB/s | 717 GB/s | 3.2x higher on RTX 4080 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | 256-bit | 2x wider on RTX 4080 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 194.9 TFLOPS | RTX 4080 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 18.2 TFLOPS | 97.5 TFLOPS | 5.4x higher on RTX 4080 |
| INT8 | 72.8 TOPS | 389.9 TOPS | 5.4x higher on RTX 4080 |
| FP32 | 9.1 TFLOPS | 48.7 TFLOPS | 5.4x higher on RTX 4080 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 130 W | 320 W | 2.5x higher on RTX 4080 |
| Released | Q1 2022 | Q4 2022 | 10 months newer on RTX 4080 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 3050 datasheet and RTX 4080 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | RTX 3050 /GPU/hr | RTX 4080 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.07 | On-Demand $0.28 |
GPUhub
|
-- | On-Demand $0.25 |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.26 |
SwissGPU
|
-- | On-Demand $0.25 |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.27 |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3050 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4080 on Sept. 7, 2026.