Nvidia RTX 3080 vs Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000

Nvidia RTX 3080 wins twice: it rents for 4.7x less per hour and still buys 2.1x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU2.4x on the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
Memory bandwidth1.1x on the Nvidia RTX 3080
FP16 / BF16 dense2.2x on the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
Board power1.1x on the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000

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 Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000
Cheapest listed $0.03 $0.13
Median across providers $0.09 $0.41
Most expensive listed $0.17 $0.69
Providers 3 2
Reporting stock 2 0
One month, 730 hours $20 $95

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 3080 or the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 3080 starts at $0.03 per GPU hour and the Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000 at $0.13. Nvidia RTX 3080 wins twice: it rents for 4.7x less per hour and still buys 2.1x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 3080: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.03 at Vast.ai. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000: 0 of 2 providers report stock.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3080: $20 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia Quadro RTX 6000: $95 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.