RTX 3080 vs RTX 4080 Super: cloud rental cost compared
You can rent both by the hour, no purchase required. RTX 3080 from $0.131/GPU/hr across 2 providers; RTX 4080 Super from $0.280/GPU/hr across 2 providers. The RTX 3080 is 53% cheaper at the entry rate.
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RTX 3080 vs RTX 4080 Super: common questions
Is the RTX 3080 or the RTX 4080 Super cheaper to rent?
On Aquanode's live marketplace the RTX 3080 starts at $0.131/GPU/hr (median $0.180/GPU/hr across 2 providers) and the RTX 4080 Super starts at $0.280/GPU/hr (median $0.390/GPU/hr across 2 providers). The RTX 3080 is the cheaper of the two at the entry rate, by 53%.
What is the difference between the RTX 3080 and the RTX 4080 Super?
The RTX 3080 has 12 GB of VRAM against the RTX 4080 Super's 16 GB; the RTX 3080 is an Ampere part and the RTX 4080 Super is Ada Lovelace (compute capability 8.6 vs 8.9); only the RTX 4080 Super supports FP8 compute. On price, the RTX 3080 lists from $0.131/GPU/hr and the RTX 4080 Super from $0.280/GPU/hr.
Which cloud providers offer the RTX 3080 and the RTX 4080 Super?
2 providers list the RTX 3080 (Vast.ai and RunPod) and 2 list the RTX 4080 Super (RunPod and Vast.ai), across 2 and 2 regions respectively. Both are available from Vast.ai and RunPod.
How much does 1,000 GPU-hours cost on the RTX 3080 vs the RTX 4080 Super?
At the lowest rates listed today, 1,000 GPU-hours costs $131 on the RTX 3080 and $280 on the RTX 4080 Super — a difference of $149 for the same runtime. Rates are per GPU per hour and update hourly.
How this comparison is calculated
Every price is normalized to a per-GPU hourly rate using the same pipeline as every other pricing surface on Aquanode, and only the cheapest qualifying offer per provider is shown. A dash means that provider does not currently list that GPU.
Architecture, compute capability and supported precisions come from each vendor's published datasheet for that generation — not from the marketplace feed. This page regenerates at most once per hour.
