Comparison · GPU vs GPU · read 00:15 UTCRTX 2060 vs GTX 1080
Specifications, today's prices from 9 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.
| RTX 2060 | GTX 1080 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory & compute | |||
| VRAM | 6 GB | 8 GB | -25% |
| Memory bandwidth | 0.34 TB/s | 0.32 TB/s | +5% |
| FP16 tensor | — | — | — |
| FP32 | 6.45 TFLOPS | 8.87 TFLOPS | -27% |
| Power | 160 W | 180 W | -11% |
| Prices today | |||
| Cheapest on-demand | $0.04 | $0.04 | +8% |
| Median on-demand | $0.08 | $0.11 | -27% |
| Highest on-demand | $0.22 | $0.24 | -8% |
| Cheapest spot | $0.03 | $0.02 | +59% |
| Cheapest reserved | $0.22 | $0.14 | +59% |
| Current offers (n) | 8 | 9 | -11% |
| Providers with a fresh offer | 5 | 4 | +25% |
| Value | |||
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (cheapest) | $0.007 | $0.005 | +44% |
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (median) | $0.013 | $0.014 | -3% |
| Per PFLOP FP16 · hour (median) | — | — | — |
| Per TB/s · hour (median) | $0.240 | $0.346 | -31% |
| Trend | |||
| 30-day median change | -15.0% | 0.0% | — |
| 90-day median change | -15.0% | 0.0% | — |
90 days · median on-demand price · rebased to 100How the two have moved
Both medians indexed to 100 ninety days ago, so the slopes compare even though the price levels differ.
Cheapest providers today · on-demand · current offersWho rents each one cheapest
- 1
gcube1× $0.04
- 2
Clore.aiTrust 491× $0.05 - 3
Vast.aiTrust 784× $0.08
- 1Vast.aiTrust 781× $0.04
- 2
Edgevana6× $0.06 - 3
HetznerTrust 741× $0.16
Verdict · computed from the numbers aboveChoose one, choose the other
Choose the RTX 2060 if…
- the hourly price matters most: median $0.08 against $0.11, 27% less.
- you serve LLMs: memory bandwidth per dollar is better ($0.240 per TB/s-hour against $0.346).
- you want choice: 5 providers have a fresh offer today against 4.
Choose the GTX 1080 if…
- your model needs more than 6 GB per GPU: 8 GB against 6 GB.
Questions about RTX 2060 vs GTX 1080
Which is cheaper to rent, the RTX 2060 or the GTX 1080?
Today the cheapest current on-demand RTX 2060 is $0.04 per GPU-hour and the cheapest GTX 1080 is $0.04; medians are $0.08 and $0.11. Cheapest excludes offers marked unavailable and counts one floor per marketplace.
How much memory do the RTX 2060 and GTX 1080 have?
6 GB of memory on the RTX 2060, 8 GB of memory on the GTX 1080, at 0.34 and 0.32 TB/s.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 17 current offers read on the providers' own pages and APIs over the last 45 days (reference 00:15 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.