Nvidia RTX 4060 vs Nvidia RTX 5080

Nvidia RTX 4060 rents for 2.7x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5080 buys 1.4x 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 5080
Memory bandwidth3.5x on the Nvidia RTX 5080
FP16 / BF16 dense3.7x on the Nvidia RTX 5080
FP8 dense3.7x on the Nvidia RTX 5080
Board power3.1x 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 5080
Cheapest listed $0.06 $0.15
Median across providers $0.06 $0.16
Most expensive listed $0.06 $0.39
Providers 2 3
Reporting stock 1 2
One month, 730 hours $41 $110

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX 4060 or the Nvidia RTX 5080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX 4060 starts at $0.06 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5080 at $0.15. Nvidia RTX 4060 rents for 2.7x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 5080 buys 1.4x 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 5080: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.16 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 5080: $110 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.