GPU Comparison
NVIDIA A100 SXM vs NVIDIA RTX 4080.
Side-by-side comparison of specs, performance, and cloud rental pricing. NVIDIA RTX 4080 is the cheaper option at $0.35/hr.
TL;DR
Choose NVIDIA A100 SXM if you need 80GB+ on a single GPU (64GB more than NVIDIA RTX 4080).
Choose NVIDIA RTX 4080 if cost is the priority (67% cheaper).
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Ampere
NVIDIA A100 SXM
$1.05/hr
$0.92-$1.18/hr range · 9 regions
VRAM80GB HBM2e
FP1678 TFLOPS
Bandwidth2.0 TB/s
Ada Lovelace
NVIDIA RTX 4080
$0.35/hrCheaper
$0.25-$0.45/hr range · 4 regions
VRAM16GB GDDR6X
FP1697.4 TFLOPS
Bandwidth736 GB/s
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 A100 SXM
80 GB
NVIDIA RTX 4080
16 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA A100 SXM
2.0 TB/s
NVIDIA RTX 4080
736 GB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA A100 SXM
78 TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX 4080
97.4 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA A100 SXM
$1.05/hr
NVIDIA RTX 4080
$0.35/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA A100 SXMNVIDIA RTX 4080
ArchitectureAmpereAda Lovelace
VRAM80 GB●16 GB
Memory TypeHBM2eGDDR6X
Memory Bandwidth2.0 TB/s●736 GB/s
FP32 Performance19.5 TFLOPS48.7 TFLOPS●
FP16 Performance78 TFLOPS97.4 TFLOPS●
INT8 Performance624 TOPS●390 TOPS
TDP400 W320 W
Form FactorSXMConsumer
NVLinkYesNo
Max GPU/Node82
Hourly Price$1.05/hr$0.35/hr●
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