Nvidia RTX 2070 vs Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti

Nvidia RTX 2070 rents for 2.1x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti buys 1.1x 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 GPU1.5x on the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
Memory bandwidth2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
FP16 / BF16 dense2.3x on the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
Board power2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 2070

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 RTX 2070 Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
Cheapest listed $0.05 $0.10
Median across providers $0.06 $0.14
Most expensive listed $0.07 $0.18
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 1 1
One month, 730 hours $34 $73

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 2070 or the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 2070 starts at $0.05 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti at $0.10. Nvidia RTX 2070 rents for 2.1x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti buys 1.1x 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 RTX 2070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai. 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 RTX 2070: $34 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti: $73 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.