Nvidia RTX 2070 vs Nvidia RTX 2080

Nvidia RTX 2070 wins twice: it rents for 2.6x less per hour and still buys 1.9x more FP16 compute per dollar.

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Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPUidentical
Memory bandwidthidentical
FP16 / BF16 dense1.3x on the Nvidia RTX 2080
Board power1.2x on the Nvidia RTX 2070

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 2070 Nvidia RTX 2080
Cheapest listed $0.05 $0.12
Median across providers $0.06 $0.43
Most expensive listed $0.07 $0.74
Providers 2 2
Reporting stock 1 1
One month, 730 hours $34 $89

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 2070 or the Nvidia RTX 2080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 2070 starts at $0.05 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 2080 at $0.12. Nvidia RTX 2070 wins twice: it rents for 2.6x less per hour and still buys 1.9x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX 2070: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai. 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 RTX 2070: $34 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 2080: $89 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.