Nvidia B200 vs Nvidia RTX 3080

Nvidia RTX 3080 wins twice: it rents for 134.5x less per hour and still buys 3.6x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU18.0x on the Nvidia B200
Memory bandwidth10.1x on the Nvidia B200
FP16 / BF16 dense37.8x on the Nvidia B200
Board power3.1x on the Nvidia RTX 3080

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 B200 Nvidia RTX 3080
Cheapest listed $3.74 $0.03
Median across providers $5.31 $0.09
Most expensive listed $6.69 $0.17
Providers 7 3
Reporting stock 3 2
One month, 730 hours $2,730 $20

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia B200 or the Nvidia RTX 3080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia B200 starts at $3.74 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3080 at $0.03. Nvidia RTX 3080 wins twice: it rents for 134.5x less per hour and still buys 3.6x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia B200: 3 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $4.25 at Lium. Nvidia RTX 3080: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.03 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia B200: $2,730 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3080: $20 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.