GMKtec EVO-X2 (128GB unified)
The $/GB winner: runs 70B-class and quantized big-MoE (V4 Flash tier) that no consumer GPU fits
RTX 5080 cloud pricing, August 2026
Live RTX 5080 quotes (16 GB VRAM) across the providers we track, cheapest first. Marketplace prices are real asks from the Vast.ai order book; secure/on-demand tiers carry datacenter SLAs (what the tiers mean).
Quotes refreshed 2026-08-23
Price floor: $0.102/hr (marketplace) at
Vast.ai.
Rent a RTX 5080 →
| Provider | Tier | $/hr per GPU | Median $/hr | Live offers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vast.ai | marketplace | $0.102 | $0.176 | 64 | Rent |
| RunPod | community | $0.390 | - | - | Rent |
| RunPod | secure | $0.590 | - | - | Rent |
What fits on a single RTX 5080
Models from our tracked open-weight set that fit in 16 GB, with KV-cache headroom included. Bigger models need multi-GPU nodes (math in the calculator).
| Model | Params | Fits at | VRAM needed | Cheapest API $/1M out |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IBM Granite 4.1 8B | 8.8B | FP8 | 13 GB | compare → |
| Llama 3.1 8B | 8B | FP8 | 11 GB | compare → |
| Llama 3.2 3B | 3.2B | FP8 | 5 GB | compare → |
| GPT-OSS 20B | 21B | INT4 | 15 GB | compare → |
| Gemma 3 12B | 12B | INT4 | 9 GB | compare → |
| Phi-4 | 14.7B | INT4 | 11 GB | compare → |
Prefer to own the hardware?
Renting wins for bursty loads; owning wins at sustained 24/7 use. Run your hours through the calculator. If you're buying, these are the machines this audience actually buys:
NVIDIA RTX 5090 (32GB)
Bandwidth-per-dollar king for the A3B-MoE and 27-32B dense workhorses
NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell (96GB)
The startup standard: only sub-$10K single card that runs 70B+ comfortably
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FAQ
How much does it cost to rent a RTX 5080?
As of 2026-08-23, RTX 5080 rentals start at $0.102/hr (marketplace tier at Vast.ai). Datacenter capacity with SLAs typically costs more than community or marketplace hardware.
What can you run on a RTX 5080?
With 16 GB of VRAM, a single RTX 5080 fits models up to roughly 11B parameters at FP8 or 22B at INT4 quantization, including KV-cache headroom.
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