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RTX 3080 Ti cloud GPU pricing

15 listings across 8 providers. Cheapest published rate: $0.080/GPU/hr at Salad. Sorted by per-GPU hourly price. Every row links to the provider's own published price.

WHAT IS THE RTX 3080 TI

The 3080 Ti is Ampere's near-flagship: 12 GB of GDDR6X at 912 GB/s - bandwidth that still beats most mid-range cards sold today. In catalogs it is a strong budget pick for 7B-class serving and media work, held back only by the 12 GB ceiling and Ampere's age.

MAKER
NVIDIA
ARCHITECTURE
Ampere
LAUNCHED
2021
MEMORY
12 GB GDDR6X
MEMORY BANDWIDTH
912 GB/s
TENSOR COMPUTE
34.1 TFLOPS FP32; 3rd-gen tensor cores
POWER DRAW
350 W
INTERCONNECT
PCIe 4.0 x16

WHAT IT IS GOOD AT

7B-class inference
Very good - 912 GB/s serves 7B models fast for the price.
Media generation
Strong diffusion throughput per dollar.
Fine-tuning
LoRA on 7B-class models; 12 GB caps the rest.

WHO SHOULD NOT RENT THE RTX 3080 TI

13B+ models - 12 GB again.
FP8-native stacks - Ampere predates hardware FP8.
ProviderConfigVRAMLocation$/hr$/GPU/hrSource
SpotGPUsSpotGPUsRTX 3080 Ti × 112 GBNot published$0.070$0.070STALEreceipt
SaladSaladRTX 3080 Ti × 112 GBGlobal (distributed)$0.080$0.080receipt
QuickPodQuickPodRTX 3080 Ti × 112 GBNot published$0.080$0.080STALEreceipt
CloreCloreRTX 3080 TI × 112 GBUA$0.096$0.096receipt
CloreCloreRTX 3080 TI × 112 GBCA$0.120$0.120receipt
CloreCloreRTX 3080 TI × 112 GBHR$0.146$0.146receipt
AutoDLAutoDLRTX 3080 Ti × 112 GBChina$0.154$0.154receipt
CloreCloreRTX 3080 TI × 112 GBRU$0.167$0.167receipt
RunPodRunPodRTX 3080 Ti × 112 GBGlobal$0.180$0.180receipt
GPUBrazilGPUBrazilRTX 3080 Ti × 112 GBNorth America$0.433$0.433receipt
GPUBrazilGPUBrazilRTX 3080 Ti × 112 GBAsia-Pacific$0.433$0.433receipt
GPUBrazilGPUBrazilRTX 3080 Ti × 112 GBEurope$0.538$0.538receipt
ExoscaleExoscaleRTX 3080 Ti × 412 GBEU$3.140$0.785receipt
ExoscaleExoscaleRTX 3080 Ti × 212 GBEU$1.709$0.854receipt
ExoscaleExoscaleRTX 3080 Ti × 112 GBEU$0.924$0.924receipt

THE RTX 3080 TI MARKET, BY THE NUMBERS

PROVIDERS
8
CONFIGURATIONS
15
MEDIAN $/GPU/HR
$0.18
SPREAD
11.5x

8 providers publish 15 RTX 3080 Ti configurations on the panel today. Published per-GPU hourly rates run from $0.080 (Salad) to $0.92 (Exoscale), a 12x spread between the cheapest and the most expensive published rate for the same chip. The median listing sits at $0.18/GPU/hr. 7 rows were reported in stock by the provider at last observation; the rest are published catalog rates. All rates are on-demand - committed-use and reserved pricing is excluded.

CHEAPEST RTX 3080 TI BY GEOGRAPHY
canadaClore$0.120/hrchinaAutoDL$0.154/hrunited statesGPUBrazil$0.433/hr
RTX 3080 TI PRICE TREND, DAILY PANEL SNAPSHOTS

Across every RTX 3080 Ti row on the panel, the daily floor held flat at $0.080/GPU/hr over 53 days of tracking. Snapshots run daily; the full history is public in the repo.

RTX 3080 TI PROVIDER NOTES
Salad · 1 config · 1 region
Sets the panel floor for this model.
from $0.080/hr
Clore · 4 configs · 4 regions · 4 in stock
Widest regional footprint here - 4 regions.
from $0.096/hr
AutoDL · 1 config · 1 region
Published catalog rates.
from $0.154/hr
RunPod · 1 config · 1 region
Published catalog rates.
from $0.180/hr
GPUBrazil · 3 configs · 3 regions · 3 in stock
3 of 3 configs reported in stock at last check.
from $0.433/hr
Exoscale · 3 configs · 1 region
Published catalog rates.
from $0.785/hr
BUYING RTX 3080 TI: WHAT THE PANEL SAYS

At the current floor, one RTX 3080 Ti running around the clock costs about $58 a month (730 hours of on-demand arithmetic). Per-GPU floors by config size: 1x $0.08 · 2x $0.85 · 4x $0.79. Compare the alternatives below before committing - the same budget often buys more than one chip class.

RTX 3080 TI VS THE ALTERNATIVES

RTX 3080 Ti vs RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
The 4070 Ti Super adds 4 GB - the difference between excluding and serving the 13B class - plus newer tensor cores. For LLM work it is worth the premium; for 7B and media, the 3080 Ti on price.
RTX 3080 Ti vs RTX 3090
The 3090 doubles memory to 24 GB for a modest speed sacrifice - the difference between a dev card and a real LLM workhorse.

Compare live rates: RTX 3080 Ti vs RTX 4070 Ti SUPER · RTX 3080 Ti vs RTX 3090 · RTX 3080 Ti vs RTX 3080

RTX 3080 TI PRICING FAQ

What is the cheapest RTX 3080 Ti cloud GPU right now?
The cheapest published RTX 3080 Ti rate on the panel is $0.080 per GPU-hour at Salad (RTX 3080 Ti x 1, Global (distributed)). Every price links to the provider's own published rate.
How much does a RTX 3080 Ti cost per hour?
Across 8 providers tracked today, published per-GPU hourly rates for RTX 3080 Ti run from $0.08 to $0.92, with a median of $0.18. Committed-use and reserved rates are excluded; everything shown is on-demand.
How many providers rent RTX 3080 Ti GPUs?
8 providers publish 15 distinct RTX 3080 Ti configurations on Compute Cafe. 7 of those rows were reported in stock by the provider's live endpoint at last observation.
Where is RTX 3080 Ti cheapest?
By published per-GPU hourly rate, the cheapest geography for RTX 3080 Ti today is canada at $0.12/hr (Clore). The spread across 3 tracked geographies runs to $0.43/hr in united states.
Are RTX 3080 Ti prices going up or down?
Over the 53 days Compute Cafe has tracked the panel, the RTX 3080 Ti floor is holding flat: $0.080 to $0.080/GPU/hr (+0.0%). Daily snapshots are public in the repo, so the trend is auditable.
What does a RTX 3080 Ti cost per month?
At the current floor of $0.080/GPU/hr, a RTX 3080 Ti running 24/7 costs about $58 per month (730 hours of on-demand arithmetic on the cheapest published rate). Committed-use contracts can price lower; the panel tracks on-demand rates only.
Is the 3080 Ti still good value?
For 7B-class serving and media generation, yes - its 912 GB/s bandwidth beats many newer mid-range cards. For LLMs past 7B, its 12 GB is the limit.

See also alternatives to the RTX 3080 Ti · cheapest GPU-hour per model · inference chips · training chips · by location