Nvidia RTX 3070 vs Nvidia RTX 3080

Nvidia RTX 3080 wins twice: it rents for 1.9x less per hour and still buys 2.8x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 3080
Memory bandwidth1.7x on the Nvidia RTX 3080
FP16 / BF16 dense1.5x on the Nvidia RTX 3080
Board power1.5x on the Nvidia RTX 3070

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 3070 Nvidia RTX 3080
Cheapest listed $0.05 $0.03
Median across providers $0.07 $0.09
Most expensive listed $0.13 $0.17
Providers 3 3
Reporting stock 2 2
One month, 730 hours $39 $20

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3070 or the Nvidia RTX 3080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3070 starts at $0.05 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3080 at $0.03. Nvidia RTX 3080 wins twice: it rents for 1.9x less per hour and still buys 2.8x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 3070: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai. 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 RTX 3070: $39 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3080: $20 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.