Nvidia GTX 1660 vs Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti

Nvidia GTX 1660 rents for 1.4x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti buys 4.7x 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 3080 Ti
Memory bandwidth4.8x on the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
FP16 / BF16 dense6.8x on the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
Board power2.9x on the Nvidia GTX 1660

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 GTX 1660 Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
Cheapest listed $0.07 $0.10
Median across providers $0.07 $0.14
Most expensive listed $0.07 $0.18
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 1 1
One month, 730 hours $51 $73

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia GTX 1660 or the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia GTX 1660 starts at $0.07 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti at $0.10. Nvidia GTX 1660 rents for 1.4x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti buys 4.7x 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 GTX 1660: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.07 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.18 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia GTX 1660: $51 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti: $73 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.