Two Nvidia consumer GPUs on the Ampere architecture: 8 GB GDDR6 against 12 GB GDDR6X and 2x the memory bandwidth on the RTX 3080 Ti.
At a glance
Updated 8 minutes ago- Memory
- 8 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 448 GB/s
- From
- $0.08 /GPU/hr
- 4 providers
- Memory
- 12 GB
- GDDR6X
- Memory bandwidth
- 912 GB/s
- From
- $0.20 /GPU/hr
- 3 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | RTX 3070 | RTX 3080 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.08 | $0.20 | 2.6x more expensive on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Spot | $0.04 | $0.08 | 2x more expensive on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Median | $0.10 | $0.53 | 5.3x more expensive on RTX 3080 Ti |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
RTX 3070 vs RTX 3080 Ti price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3070 | RTX 3080 Ti | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 8 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6X | 1.5x more on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 912 GB/s | 2x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 384-bit | 1.5x wider on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 40.6 TFLOPS | 68.2 TFLOPS | 1.7x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| INT8 | 162.6 TOPS | 272.8 TOPS | 1.7x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| FP32 | 20.3 TFLOPS | 34.1 TFLOPS | 1.7x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 220 W | 350 W | 1.6x higher on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Released | Q4 2020 | Q2 2021 | 7 months newer on RTX 3080 Ti |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 3070 datasheet and RTX 3080 Ti datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | RTX 3070 /GPU/hr | RTX 3080 Ti /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.10 | On-Demand $0.20 |
Runpod
|
On-Demand $0.13 | On-Demand $0.18 |
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.08 | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
On-Demand $0.10 | -- |
Exoscale
|
-- | On-Demand $0.79 |
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3070 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti on Sept. 7, 2026.