GPU Comparison

NVIDIA RTX 3090 vs NVIDIA RTX 4080.

Side-by-side comparison of specs, performance, and cloud rental pricing. NVIDIA RTX 3090 is the cheaper option at $0.22/hr.

TL;DR

Choose NVIDIA RTX 3090 if you need 24GB+ on a single GPU (8GB more than NVIDIA RTX 4080).

Choose NVIDIA RTX 4080 if you need raw FP16 throughput (37% faster than NVIDIA RTX 3090).

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Ampere

NVIDIA RTX 3090

$0.22/hrCheaper

$0.12-$0.28/hr range · 4 regions

VRAM24GB GDDR6X
FP1671 TFLOPS
Bandwidth936 GB/s
Deploy NVIDIA RTX 3090Full pricing details
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Ada Lovelace

NVIDIA RTX 4080

$0.35/hr

$0.25-$0.45/hr range · 4 regions

VRAM16GB GDDR6X
FP1697.4 TFLOPS
Bandwidth736 GB/s
Deploy NVIDIA RTX 4080Full pricing details

At a glance

Spec by spec.

Visual comparison across the four specs that matter most for AI workloads. Green bar marks the winner.

VRAM

NVIDIA RTX 3090
24 GB
NVIDIA RTX 4080
16 GB

Memory Bandwidth

NVIDIA RTX 3090
936 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 4080
736 GB/s

FP16 Performance

NVIDIA RTX 3090
71 TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX 4080
97.4 TFLOPS

Hourly Price

NVIDIA RTX 3090
$0.22/hr
NVIDIA RTX 4080
$0.35/hr

Full specs

Complete spec sheet.

SpecNVIDIA RTX 3090NVIDIA RTX 4080
ArchitectureAmpereAda Lovelace
VRAM24 GB16 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6XGDDR6X
Memory Bandwidth936 GB/s736 GB/s
FP32 Performance35.6 TFLOPS48.7 TFLOPS
FP16 Performance71 TFLOPS97.4 TFLOPS
INT8 Performance284 TOPS390 TOPS
TDP350 W320 W
Form FactorConsumerConsumer
NVLinkYesNo
Max GPU/Node22
Hourly Price$0.22/hr$0.35/hr

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