RTX 3080 vs RTX PRO 6000 SE: cloud rental cost compared
You can rent both by the hour, no purchase required. RTX 3080 from $0.070/GPU/hr across 2 providers; RTX PRO 6000 SE from $2.14/GPU/hr across 1 provider. The RTX 3080 is 97% cheaper at the entry rate.
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RTX 3080 vs RTX PRO 6000 SE: common questions
Is the RTX 3080 or the RTX PRO 6000 SE cheaper to rent?
On Aquanode's live marketplace the RTX 3080 starts at $0.070/GPU/hr (median $0.070/GPU/hr across 2 providers) and the RTX PRO 6000 SE starts at $2.14/GPU/hr (median $2.14/GPU/hr across 1 provider). The RTX 3080 is the cheaper of the two at the entry rate, by 97%.
What is the difference between the RTX 3080 and the RTX PRO 6000 SE?
The RTX 3080 has 10 GB of VRAM against the RTX PRO 6000 SE's 96 GB; the RTX 3080 is an Ampere part and the RTX PRO 6000 SE is Blackwell (compute capability 8.6 vs 12.0); only the RTX PRO 6000 SE supports FP8 compute. On price, the RTX 3080 lists from $0.070/GPU/hr and the RTX PRO 6000 SE from $2.14/GPU/hr.
Which cloud providers offer the RTX 3080 and the RTX PRO 6000 SE?
2 providers list the RTX 3080 (SimplePod and RunPod) and 1 list the RTX PRO 6000 SE (Akash), across 2 and 1 region respectively. No single provider currently lists both models.
How much does 1,000 GPU-hours cost on the RTX 3080 vs the RTX PRO 6000 SE?
At the lowest rates listed today, 1,000 GPU-hours costs $70 on the RTX 3080 and $2,142 on the RTX PRO 6000 SE, a difference of $2,072 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.
