Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti vs Nvidia RTX 5070

Both cards cost about the same per TFLOP of FP16, so pick on memory and availability, not price.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPUidentical
Memory bandwidth1.4x on the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
FP16 / BF16 dense1.1x on the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
Board power1.4x on the Nvidia RTX 5070

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 5070
Cheapest listed $0.10 $0.09
Median across providers $0.14 $0.11
Most expensive listed $0.18 $0.14
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 1 1
One month, 730 hours $73 $66

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti or the Nvidia RTX 5070 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti starts at $0.10 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5070 at $0.09. Both cards cost about the same per TFLOP of FP16, so pick on memory and availability, not price.

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 5070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.14 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti: $73 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5070: $66 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.