Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti vs Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti

Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti rents for 1.1x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4070 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 GPUidentical
Memory bandwidth1.8x on the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
FP16 / BF16 dense1.2x on the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti
Board power1.2x on the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti

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 3080 Ti Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti
Cheapest listed $0.10 $0.11
Median across providers $0.14 $0.15
Most expensive listed $0.18 $0.19
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 1 1
One month, 730 hours $73 $80

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti or the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti starts at $0.10 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti at $0.11. Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti rents for 1.1x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4070 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 3080 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.18 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti: $73 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti: $80 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.