Nvidia A10 vs Nvidia RTX 2080

Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 1.6x less per hour, but Nvidia A10 buys 1.9x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU3.0x on the Nvidia A10
Memory bandwidth1.3x on the Nvidia A10
FP16 / BF16 dense3.1x on the Nvidia A10
Board power1.4x on the Nvidia A10

Figures are the vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia A10 Nvidia RTX 2080
Cheapest listed $0.20 $0.12
Median across providers $0.24 $0.43
Most expensive listed $1.29 $0.74
Providers 3 2
Reporting stock 1 1
One month, 730 hours $146 $89

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A10 or the Nvidia RTX 2080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A10 starts at $0.20 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 2080 at $0.12. Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 1.6x less per hour, but Nvidia A10 buys 1.9x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia A10: 1 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.24 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 2080: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.12 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A10: $146 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 2080: $89 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.