RTX 3080 vs RTX 6000 Ada: 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 6000 Ada from $0.735/GPU/hr across 3 providers. The RTX 3080 is 82% cheaper at the entry rate.
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RTX 3080 vs RTX 6000 Ada: common questions
Is the RTX 3080 or the RTX 6000 Ada 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 6000 Ada starts at $0.735/GPU/hr (median $0.840/GPU/hr across 3 providers). The RTX 3080 is the cheaper of the two at the entry rate, by 82%.
What is the difference between the RTX 3080 and the RTX 6000 Ada?
The RTX 3080 has 10 GB of VRAM against the RTX 6000 Ada's 48 GB; the RTX 3080 is an Ampere part and the RTX 6000 Ada is Ada Lovelace (compute capability 8.6 vs 8.9); only the RTX 6000 Ada supports FP8 compute. On price, the RTX 3080 lists from $0.131/GPU/hr and the RTX 6000 Ada from $0.735/GPU/hr.
Which cloud providers offer the RTX 3080 and the RTX 6000 Ada?
2 providers list the RTX 3080 (Vast.ai and RunPod) and 3 list the RTX 6000 Ada (Vast.ai, RunPod and Massed Compute), across 2 and 3 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 6000 Ada?
At the lowest rates listed today, 1,000 GPU-hours costs $131 on the RTX 3080 and $735 on the RTX 6000 Ada — a difference of $604 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.
