Comparison · GPU vs GPU · read 00:16 UTCGTX 1080 vs RTX 3050
Specifications, today's prices from 7 providers, price per unit of memory and compute, and who rents each cheapest. Better values are highlighted; lower is better for prices.
Side by sideSpecs, prices, value
Highlighted cells are the better of the two: more memory and compute, lower prices, lower cost per unit.
| GTX 1080 | RTX 3050 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory & compute | |||
| VRAM | 8 GB | 8 GB | 0% |
| Memory bandwidth | 0.32 TB/s | 0.22 TB/s | +43% |
| FP16 tensor | — | — | — |
| FP32 | 8.87 TFLOPS | 9.11 TFLOPS | -3% |
| Power | 180 W | 130 W | +38% |
| Prices today | |||
| Cheapest on-demand | $0.04 | $0.04 | -1% |
| Median on-demand | $0.12 | $0.05 | +152% |
| Highest on-demand | $0.26 | $0.07 | +243% |
| Cheapest spot | $0.02 | $0.03 | -33% |
| Cheapest reserved | $0.12 | — | — |
| Current offers (n) | 7 | 4 | +75% |
| Providers with a fresh offer | 4 | 3 | +33% |
| Value | |||
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (cheapest) | $0.006 | $0.006 | -1% |
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (median) | $0.014 | $0.006 | +152% |
| Per PFLOP FP16 · hour (median) | — | — | — |
| Per TB/s · hour (median) | $0.361 | $0.204 | +76% |
| Trend | |||
| 30-day median change | 0.0% | — | — |
| 90-day median change | 0.0% | — | — |
Cheapest providers today · on-demand · current offersWho rents each one cheapest
- 1
Vast.aiTrust 781× $0.04 - 2
Edgevana6× $0.06 - 3
HetznerTrust 741× $0.17
- 1
gcube1× $0.04
- 2
Clore.aiTrust 491× $0.05 - 3Vast.aiTrust 781× $0.07
Verdict · computed from the numbers aboveChoose one, choose the other
Choose the GTX 1080 if…
- you want choice: 4 providers have a fresh offer today against 3.
Choose the RTX 3050 if…
- the hourly price matters most: median $0.05 against $0.12, 60% less.
- you serve LLMs: memory bandwidth per dollar is better ($0.204 per TB/s-hour against $0.361).
Questions about GTX 1080 vs RTX 3050
Which is cheaper to rent, the GTX 1080 or the RTX 3050?
Today the cheapest current on-demand GTX 1080 is $0.04 per GPU-hour and the cheapest RTX 3050 is $0.04; medians are $0.12 and $0.05. Cheapest excludes offers marked unavailable and counts one floor per marketplace.
How much memory do the GTX 1080 and RTX 3050 have?
8 GB of memory on the GTX 1080, 8 GB of GDDR6 on the RTX 3050, at 0.32 and 0.22 TB/s.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 11 current offers read on the providers' own pages and APIs over the last 45 days (reference 00:16 UTC), or in our October 2026 market study for the few providers our collector does not read. Specifications come from manufacturer datasheets. Every price on the GPU pages links to its receipt and shows its read date.