Side-by-side pricing across 8 marketplace listings. The L40 is 52% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, listing-weighted median.
| Metric | A100 80GB | L40 |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $1.79 | $0.86 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 3 | 5 |
| VRAM | — | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | — | 181 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
See individual pages: A100 80GB pricing · L40 pricing
Total rental cost at the listing-weighted median price for each GPU.
| Duration | A100 80GB | L40 | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $1.79 | $0.86 | $0.93 |
| 1 day (24h) | $42.96 | $20.64 | $22.32 |
| 1 week (168h) | $300.72 | $144.48 | $156.24 |
| 1 month (730h) | $1,306.70 | $627.80 | $678.90 |
Over a typical month, choosing the L40 saves $678.90 compared to the A100 80GB. That's a 52% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
More available listings — easier to secure capacity for long training runs.
Lower hourly cost — better cost efficiency for inference at scale.
Marketplace partners carrying these GPUs, with their pricing for each side.
Other Datacenter GPUs GPU comparisons with similar price profiles.
Track A100 80GB and L40 rental pricing across every marketplace, updated daily.