GPU Comparison

NVIDIA A100 SXMvsNVIDIA RTX 4080

Detailed specifications, performance benchmarks, and pricing comparison to help you choose the right GPU for your AI workloads.

NVIDIA

NVIDIA A100 SXM

Ampere · 2020

VRAM80 GB HBM2e
FP3219.5 TFLOPS
FP1678 TFLOPS
Bandwidth2039 GB/s
TDP400W
Price$1.05/hr
NVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX 4080

Ada Lovelace · 2022

Faster
VRAM16 GB GDDR6X
FP3248.7 TFLOPS
FP1697.4 TFLOPS
Bandwidth736 GB/s
TDP320W
Price$0.35/hr

Specifications · Comparison

Side by side specs.

SpecNVIDIA A100 SXMNVIDIA RTX 4080
ArchitectureAmpereAda Lovelace
VRAM80 GB+400.0%16 GB
Memory TypeHBM2eGDDR6X
Memory Bandwidth2039 GB/s+177.0%736 GB/s
FP32 Performance19.5 TFLOPS48.7 TFLOPS+60%
FP16 Performance78 TFLOPS97.4 TFLOPS+19.9%
INT8 Performance624 TOPS+60.0%390 TOPS
TDP400W320W
Form FactorSXMConsumer
Price (avg/hr)$1.05$0.35

Performance · Analysis

Performance breakdown.

Compute (FP32)

Raw single-precision floating point throughput

NVIDIA A100 SXM
19.5TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX 4080
48.7TFLOPSWinner

NVIDIA RTX 4080 is 60% faster

Training (FP16)

Half-precision performance for deep learning training

NVIDIA A100 SXM
78TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX 4080
97.4TFLOPSWinner

NVIDIA RTX 4080 is 19.9% faster

Inference (INT8)

Integer performance for model inference workloads

NVIDIA A100 SXM
624TOPSWinner
NVIDIA RTX 4080
390TOPS

NVIDIA A100 SXM is 60% faster

Memory Bandwidth

Data transfer rate between memory and compute units

NVIDIA A100 SXM
2039GB/sWinner
NVIDIA RTX 4080
736GB/s

NVIDIA A100 SXM is 177% faster

Best Compute

NVIDIA RTX 4080

Most Memory

NVIDIA A100 SXM

Best Training

NVIDIA RTX 4080

Best Value

NVIDIA RTX 4080

Pricing · Cost

Cost comparison.

Hourly

NVIDIA A100 SXM
$1.05/hr
NVIDIA RTX 4080
$0.35/hr

Save $0.70 with NVIDIA RTX 4080

Daily

NVIDIA A100 SXM
$25.20/day
NVIDIA RTX 4080
$8.40/day

Save $16.80 with NVIDIA RTX 4080

Monthly

NVIDIA A100 SXM
$756.00/mo
NVIDIA RTX 4080
$252.00/mo

Save $504.00 with NVIDIA RTX 4080

Use Cases · Workloads

Best for your workload.

NVIDIA

NVIDIA A100 SXM

ML Training
AI Inference
Data Analytics
HPC
NVIDIA

NVIDIA RTX 4080

AI Development
Content Creation
Gaming Workloads
ML Prototyping

Platform · Benefits

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Pay Per Hour

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Reliable Infrastructure

Enterprise-grade reliability with automatic failover and data persistence across sessions.

FAQ · Questions

Common questions.

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