Nvidia A40 vs Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti

Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti rents for 1.2x less per hour, but Nvidia A40 buys 1.8x 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 GPU4.0x on the Nvidia A40
Memory bandwidth1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
FP16 / BF16 dense2.2x on the Nvidia A40
Board power1.2x on the Nvidia A40

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 A40 Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
Cheapest listed $0.12 $0.10
Median across providers $0.73 $0.14
Most expensive listed $1.86 $0.18
Providers 4 2
Reporting stock 2 1
One month, 730 hours $88 $73

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A40 or the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A40 starts at $0.12 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti at $0.10. Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti rents for 1.2x less per hour, but Nvidia A40 buys 1.8x 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 A40: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.35 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.18 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A40: $88 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti: $73 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.