Nvidia RTX 2080 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 4000

Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 1.1x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 4000 buys 3.3x 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 RTX PRO 4000
Memory bandwidth1.5x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 4000
FP16 / BF16 dense3.7x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 4000
Board power1.5x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 4000

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 2080 Nvidia RTX PRO 4000
Cheapest listed $0.12 $0.13
Median across providers $0.43 $0.20
Most expensive listed $0.74 $0.50
Providers 2 3
Reporting stock 1 2
One month, 730 hours $89 $98

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 2080 or the Nvidia RTX PRO 4000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 2080 starts at $0.12 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 4000 at $0.13. Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 1.1x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 4000 buys 3.3x 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 2080: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.12 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX PRO 4000: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.13 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 2080: $89 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 4000: $98 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.