The RTX 5090 is newer and has 87% more bandwidth, while the RTX 5880 Ada has 50% more memory.
At a glance
Memory
50% more on RTX 5880 Ada
- RTX 5090
- 32 GB
- RTX 5880 Ada
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
87% higher on RTX 5090
- RTX 5090
- 1,792 GB/s
- RTX 5880 Ada
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- RTX 5090
- $0.35 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5880 Ada
- --
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX 5090 | RTX 5880 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.72 /GPU/hr from $0.35 | No on-demand listings | |
| Reserved | $0.62 /GPU/hr from $0.21 (1 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.25 | 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 spot on the RTX 5090: 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 5090 vs RTX 5880 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX 5090 | RTX 5880 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 32 GB GDDR7 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 50% more on RTX 5880 Ada |
| Bandwidth | 1,792 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 87% higher on RTX 5090 |
| Bus width | 512-bit | 384-bit | 33% wider on RTX 5090 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | 1,676 TFLOPS | Not supported | RTX 5090 only |
| FP8 | 419 TFLOPS | 554.2 TFLOPS | 32% higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| FP16 / BF16 | 209.5 TFLOPS | 277.1 TFLOPS | 32% higher on RTX 5880 Ada |
| INT8 | 838 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 104.8 TFLOPS | 69.3 TFLOPS | 51% higher on RTX 5090 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 575 W | 285 W | 2x higher on RTX 5090 |
| Released | Q1 2025 | Q1 2024 | 13 months newer on RTX 5090 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX 5090 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 5090 | RTX 5880 Ada |
|---|---|---|
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
$0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Nova Cloud
Canada
|
$0.72 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
$0.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Oblivus
USA
|
$0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Daytona
USA
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
18 providers list the RTX 5090 and 0 the RTX 5880 Ada. Every listing is on the RTX 5090 page and the RTX 5880 Ada page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X · 44% less bandwidth than the RTX 5090
On-demand from $0.33 /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 5090 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5880 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.