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RTX 4080 vs RTX 5080

Specs from the chip makers' datasheets; prices from the live Compute Cafe panel, refreshed hourly. Every rate is an on-demand published price with a source receipt.

CHEAPEST RTX 4080
$0.090/hr
SpotGPUs · median $0.72 · 7 providers
CHEAPEST RTX 5080
$0.090/hr
SpotGPUs · median $6.70 · 6 providers
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW
RTX 4080
live panel, 2026-09-27
RTX 4080RTX 5080
MAKERNVIDIANVIDIA
ARCHITECTUREAda LovelaceBlackwell
LAUNCHED20222025
MEMORY16 GB GDDR6X16 GB GDDR7
MEMORY BANDWIDTH717 GB/s960 GB/s
TENSOR COMPUTE48.7 TFLOPS FP32; 4th-gen tensor cores56.3 TFLOPS FP32; 5th-gen tensor cores with FP8/FP4 support
POWER DRAW320 W360 W
INTERCONNECTPCIe 4.0 x16PCIe 5.0 x16

HOW TO CHOOSE

RTX 4080 vs RTX 5080
Same 16 GB, newer architecture, roughly 15% faster. For most rental workloads they are interchangeable - take whichever the panel prices lower.
Workload fit
RTX 4080: small-model inference, media generation, fine-tuning. RTX 5080: small-model inference, fine-tuning, image and video generation.

RTX 4080 VS RTX 5080 - FAQ

Which is cheaper to rent, RTX 4080 or RTX 5080?
By today's published on-demand rates: RTX 4080 starts at $0.090/GPU/hr (median $0.72, 7 providers) and RTX 5080 starts at $0.090/GPU/hr (median $6.70, 6 providers). The cheapest live listing is the RTX 4080 at SpotGPUs. Figures recompute from the panel on every refresh.
RTX 4080 or RTX 5080 - which should I rent?
RTX 4080: The RTX 4080 is Ada's second-tier consumer flagship: fast, efficient, and capped at 16 GB. RTX 5080: The RTX 5080 is Blackwell's upper-mainstream consumer card: GDDR7 bandwidth and FP4/FP8 tensor support in a 16 GB, 360 W package. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.
Where can I rent RTX 4080 and RTX 5080?
7 providers publish RTX 4080 rates and 6 publish RTX 5080 rates on Compute Cafe. Every row links to the provider's own published price - committed-use and reserved rates are excluded.

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