Nvidia RTX 4060 vs Nvidia RTX 4080

Nvidia RTX 4060 rents for 2.7x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4080 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 GPU2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 4080
Memory bandwidth2.6x on the Nvidia RTX 4080
FP16 / BF16 dense3.2x on the Nvidia RTX 4080
FP8 dense3.2x on the Nvidia RTX 4080
Board power2.8x on the Nvidia RTX 4060

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 4060 Nvidia RTX 4080
Cheapest listed $0.06 $0.15
Median across providers $0.06 $0.16
Most expensive listed $0.06 $0.27
Providers 2 3
Reporting stock 1 2
One month, 730 hours $41 $108

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 4060 or the Nvidia RTX 4080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 4060 starts at $0.06 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4080 at $0.15. Nvidia RTX 4060 rents for 2.7x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 4080 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 RTX 4060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.06 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 4080: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.15 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX 4060: $41 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4080: $108 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.