Nvidia RTX 4080 vs Nvidia RTX PRO 4500

Nvidia RTX 4080 rents for 1.8x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 4500 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 GPU2.0x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 4500
Memory bandwidth1.2x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 4500
FP16 / BF16 dense2.1x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 4500
FP8 dense2.1x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 4500
Board power1.6x on the Nvidia RTX PRO 4500

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 4080 Nvidia RTX PRO 4500
Cheapest listed $0.15 $0.27
Median across providers $0.16 $0.34
Most expensive listed $0.27 $0.40
Providers 3 3
Reporting stock 2 2
One month, 730 hours $108 $196

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 4080 or the Nvidia RTX PRO 4500 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 4080 starts at $0.15 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX PRO 4500 at $0.27. Nvidia RTX 4080 rents for 1.8x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX PRO 4500 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 4080: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.15 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX PRO 4500: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.27 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 4080: $108 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX PRO 4500: $196 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.