Nvidia GH200 vs Nvidia RTX 5080

Nvidia RTX 5080 wins twice: it rents for 15.3x less per hour and still buys 1.7x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU6.0x on the Nvidia GH200
Memory bandwidth4.2x on the Nvidia GH200
FP16 / BF16 dense8.8x on the Nvidia GH200
FP8 dense8.8x on the Nvidia GH200

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 GH200 Nvidia RTX 5080
Cheapest listed $2.29 $0.15
Median across providers $3.26 $0.16
Most expensive listed $4.23 $0.39
Providers 2 3
Reporting stock 0 2
One month, 730 hours $1,672 $110

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia GH200 or the Nvidia RTX 5080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia GH200 starts at $2.29 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5080 at $0.15. Nvidia RTX 5080 wins twice: it rents for 15.3x less per hour and still buys 1.7x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia GH200: 0 of 2 providers report stock. Nvidia RTX 5080: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.16 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia GH200: $1,672 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5080: $110 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.