GPU comparison
B300 vs RTX 4080.
The B300 is ahead on memory (288 GB vs 16 GB) and speed (23.1x the FP16 throughput and up to 10.9x the memory bandwidth). The RTX 4080 makes sense when your model fits in 16 GB and its hourly price is lower.
Rent either on Runcrate
- B300from $10.40/hr
$0.036 per GB/hr$0.46 per 100 TFLOPS/hr
Launch B300 - RTX 4080Not in stock right nowRegister interest
Live hourly price, then per GB of memory and per 100 FP16 TFLOPS.
Which is better for
Which to pick for each job. Memory fit and throughput, from the datasheets.
Hold a 70B model in 8-bit weights
70 GB of 8-bit weights
B300: 1 GPU, 218 GB spare
RTX 4080: 5 GPUs, more than one 2x node
B300. Fits on one GPU.
Serve an 8B model in 16-bit weights
16 GB of 16-bit weights
B300: 1 GPU, 272 GB spare
RTX 4080: 2 GPUs (32 GB)
B300. Fits on one GPU.
Fine-tune a 70B model with QLoRA
About 46 GB with 4-bit weights
B300: 1 GPU, 242 GB spare
RTX 4080: 3 GPUs, more than one 2x node
B300. Fits on one GPU.
Train on a full node
FP16 tensor throughput per node
B300: 8x, 18,000 TFLOPS, NVLink
RTX 4080: 2x, 195 TFLOPS
B300. 8 GPUs per node, not 2.
Throughput per watt
FP16 TFLOPS per 100 W of TDP
B300: Varies by card
RTX 4080: 30 TFLOPS per 100 W
Either. Varies by card.
Compare another pair
Blackwell
NVIDIA B300
- Memory
- 288 GB HBM3e
- FP16 tensor
- 2250 TFLOPS
- Bandwidth
- up to 8.0 TB/s
Ada Lovelace
NVIDIA RTX 4080
- Memory
- 16 GB GDDR6X
- FP16 tensor
- 97.5 TFLOPS
- Bandwidth
- 736 GB/s
At a glance
Spec by spec. The longer bar is the better number.
Full specs
The complete spec sheet.
| Spec | NVIDIA B300 | NVIDIA RTX 4080 |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Blackwell | Ada Lovelace |
| Memory | 288 GB | 16 GB |
| Memory type | HBM3e | GDDR6X |
| Memory bandwidth | up to 8.0 TB/s | 736 GB/s |
| FP32 | 75 TFLOPS | 48.7 TFLOPS |
| FP16 tensor | 2250 TFLOPS | 97.5 TFLOPS |
| INT8 | 187.5 TOPS | 390 TOPS |
| TDP | up to 1400 W | 320 W |
| Form factor | SXM | Consumer |
| NVLink | Yes | No |
| GPUs per node | 8 | 2 |
| Hourly price (live) | from $10.40/hr | Not in stock right now |
Questions
B300 or RTX 4080. What buyers ask first.
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