Nvidia B300 vs Nvidia RTX 2080

Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 48.1x less per hour, but Nvidia B300 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 GPU36.0x on the Nvidia B300
Memory bandwidth17.9x on the Nvidia B300
FP16 / BF16 dense55.8x on the Nvidia B300
GPU interconnect36.0x on the Nvidia B300
Board power5.1x on the Nvidia RTX 2080

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 B300 Nvidia RTX 2080
Cheapest listed $5.88 $0.12
Median across providers $7.71 $0.43
Most expensive listed $9.69 $0.74
Providers 5 2
Reporting stock 3 1
One month, 730 hours $4,292 $89

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia B300 or the Nvidia RTX 2080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia B300 starts at $5.88 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 2080 at $0.12. Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 48.1x less per hour, but Nvidia B300 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 B300: 3 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $5.88 at Lium. Nvidia RTX 2080: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.12 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia B300: $4,292 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 2080: $89 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.