The RTX 6000 Ada is newer, with 4.8x the memory and 26% more bandwidth. The RTX 3080 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
4.8x more on RTX 6000 Ada
- RTX 3080
- 10 GB
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
26% higher on RTX 6000 Ada
- RTX 3080
- 760 GB/s
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
83% cheaper on RTX 3080
- RTX 3080
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
- RTX 6000 Ada
- $0.58 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 3080 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.15 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | $1.07 /GPU/hr from $0.58 | 86% cheaper on RTX 3080 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.13 (3 mo) | $1.13 /GPU/hr from $0.55 (6 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.40 |
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 reserved and spot on the RTX 3080 and spot on the RTX 6000 Ada: 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 3080 vs RTX 6000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 3080 | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 10 GB GDDR6X | 48 GB GDDR6 | 4.8x more on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 760 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 26% higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Bus width | 320-bit | 384-bit | 20% wider on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 728.5 TFLOPS | RTX 6000 Ada only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 59.5 TFLOPS | 364.2 TFLOPS | 6.1x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| INT8 | 238 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 29.8 TFLOPS | 91.1 TFLOPS | 3.1x higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 320 W | 300 W | 7% higher on RTX 3080 |
| Released | Q3 2020 | Q4 2022 | 2 years newer on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
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 3080 datasheet and RTX 6000 Ada datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | RTX 3080 | RTX 6000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.58 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.11 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
$0.16 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.17 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Verda
Finland
|
-- | $1.18 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $1.26 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand |
5 providers list the RTX 3080 and 14 the RTX 6000 Ada. Every listing is on the RTX 3080 page and the RTX 6000 Ada page.
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Nvidia RTX 3070 Ti
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Nvidia RTX A6000
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Our data for Nvidia RTX 3080 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.