Nvidia RTX 2080 vs Nvidia RTX 5090

Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 2.3x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5090 buys 2.3x 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 GPU4.0x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
Memory bandwidth4.0x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
FP16 / BF16 dense5.2x on the Nvidia RTX 5090
Board power2.7x 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 RTX 2080 Nvidia RTX 5090
Cheapest listed $0.12 $0.28
Median across providers $0.43 $0.65
Most expensive listed $0.74 $0.70
Providers 2 5
Reporting stock 1 4
One month, 730 hours $89 $206

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 2080 or the Nvidia RTX 5090 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 2080 starts at $0.12 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5090 at $0.28. Nvidia RTX 2080 rents for 2.3x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5090 buys 2.3x 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 2080: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.12 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 5090: 4 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.28 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 2080: $89 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5090: $206 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.