Nvidia A4000 vs Nvidia RTX 5080

Nvidia A4000 rents for 1.3x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5080 buys 1.2x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

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Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPUidentical
Memory bandwidth2.1x on the Nvidia RTX 5080
FP16 / BF16 dense1.5x on the Nvidia RTX 5080
Board power2.6x on the Nvidia A4000

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 A4000 Nvidia RTX 5080
Cheapest listed $0.12 $0.15
Median across providers $0.16 $0.16
Most expensive listed $0.80 $0.39
Providers 4 3
Reporting stock 2 2
One month, 730 hours $88 $110

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A4000 or the Nvidia RTX 5080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A4000 starts at $0.12 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5080 at $0.15. Nvidia A4000 rents for 1.3x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5080 buys 1.2x 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 A4000: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.17 at Runpod. Nvidia RTX 5080: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.16 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A4000: $88 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5080: $110 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.