RTX 3080 vs RTX 5070
Specifications, today's prices from 14 providers, price per unit of memory and compute, and who rents each cheapest. Better values are highlighted; lower is better for prices.
Specs, prices, value
Highlighted cells are the better of the two: more memory and compute, lower prices, lower cost per unit.
| RTX 3080 | RTX 5070 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory & compute | |||
| VRAM | 10 GB | 12 GB | -17% |
| Memory bandwidth | 0.76 TB/s | 0.67 TB/s | +13% |
| FP16 tensor | — | — | — |
| FP32 | 29.8 TFLOPS | 30.9 TFLOPS | -4% |
| Power | 320 W | 250 W | +28% |
| Prices today | |||
| Cheapest on-demand | $0.07 | $0.11 | -33% |
| Median on-demand | $0.12 | $0.17 | -27% |
| Highest on-demand | $0.34 | $0.37 | -10% |
| Cheapest spot | $0.06 | $0.08 | -23% |
| Cheapest reserved | $0.14 | $0.23 | -38% |
| Current offers (n) | 14 | 12 | +17% |
| Providers with a fresh offer | 7 | 7 | 0% |
| Value | |||
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (cheapest) | $0.007 | $0.009 | -20% |
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (median) | $0.012 | $0.014 | -12% |
| Per PFLOP FP16 · hour (median) | — | — | — |
| Per TB/s · hour (median) | $0.164 | $0.253 | -35% |
| Trend | |||
| 30-day median change | +24.1% | +2.0% | — |
| 90-day median change | +24.1% | — | — |
How 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× $0.07
- 2
Clore.aiTrust 491× $0.08 - 3
Vast.aiTrust 782× $0.08
- 1
gcube1× $0.11
- 2
Clore.aiTrust 491× $0.12 - 3
Vast.aiTrust 781× $0.12
Choose one, choose the other
Choose the RTX 3080 if…
- the hourly price matters most: median $0.12 against $0.17, 27% less.
- you serve LLMs: memory bandwidth per dollar is better ($0.164 per TB/s-hour against $0.253).
Choose the RTX 5070 if…
- your model needs more than 10 GB per GPU: 12 GB against 10 GB.
Questions about RTX 3080 vs RTX 5070
Which is cheaper to rent, the RTX 3080 or the RTX 5070?
Today the cheapest current on-demand RTX 3080 is $0.07 per GPU-hour and the cheapest RTX 5070 is $0.11; medians are $0.12 and $0.17. Cheapest excludes offers marked unavailable and counts one floor per marketplace.
How much memory do the RTX 3080 and RTX 5070 have?
10 GB of GDDR6X on the RTX 3080, 12 GB of GDDR7 on the RTX 5070, at 0.76 and 0.67 TB/s.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 26 current offers read on the providers' own pages and APIs over the last 45 days (reference 00:32 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.
