Nvidia RTX 3080 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 6000

Nvidia RTX 3080 wins twice: it rents for 18.0x 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 GPU9.6x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Memory bandwidth2.1x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
FP16 / BF16 dense8.4x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
Board power1.9x on the Nvidia RTX 3080

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 RTX PRO 6000
Cheapest listed $0.03 $0.50
Median across providers $0.09 $1.35
Most expensive listed $0.17 $2.19
Providers 3 9
Reporting stock 2 4
One month, 730 hours $20 $365

Frequently asked questions

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

The Nvidia RTX 3080 starts at $0.03 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 6000 at $0.50. Nvidia RTX 3080 wins twice: it rents for 18.0x 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 RTX PRO 6000: 4 of 9 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.50 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 3080: $20 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 6000: $365 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.