The RTX 4090 has 5% more bandwidth, while the RTX 5880 Ada is newer and has 2x the memory.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on RTX 5880 Ada
- RTX 4090
- 24 GB
- RTX 5880 Ada
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
5% higher on RTX 4090
- RTX 4090
- 1,010 GB/s
- RTX 5880 Ada
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- RTX 4090
- $0.33 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5880 Ada
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Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 4090 | RTX 5880 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.45 /GPU/hr from $0.33 | No on-demand listings | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.44 (36 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.16 | 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 reserved and spot on the RTX 4090: 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 4090 vs RTX 5880 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 4090 | RTX 5880 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6X | 48 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 1,010 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 5% higher on RTX 4090 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 330.3 TFLOPS | 554.2 TFLOPS | 68% higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| FP16 / BF16 | 165.2 TFLOPS | 277.1 TFLOPS | 68% higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| INT8 | 660.6 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 82.6 TFLOPS | 69.3 TFLOPS | 19% higher on RTX 4090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 450 W | 285 W | 58% higher on RTX 4090 |
| Released | Q4 2022 | Q1 2024 | 15 months newer on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 4090 datasheet and RTX 5880 Ada 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 4090 | RTX 5880 Ada |
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$0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
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$0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
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$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
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$0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
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$0.99 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
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$0.50 /GPU/hr Custom | -- |
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$0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
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$0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
17 providers list the RTX 4090 and 0 the RTX 5880 Ada. Every listing is on the RTX 4090 page and the RTX 5880 Ada page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 5090
32 GB GDDR7 · 77% more bandwidth than the RTX 4090
On-demand from $0.35 /GPU/hr -
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Nvidia RTX A6000
48 GB GDDR6 · 20% less bandwidth than the RTX 5880 Ada
On-demand from $0.35 /GPU/hr
Our data for Nvidia RTX 4090 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5880 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.