Side-by-side pricing across 17 marketplace listings. The A100 PCIe 40GB is 17.9% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, listing-weighted median.
| Metric | A100 PCIe 40GB | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $1.31 | $1.60 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 3 | 14 |
| VRAM | 40 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 312 | 366 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
See individual pages: A100 PCIe 40GB pricing · L40S pricing
Total rental cost at the listing-weighted median price for each GPU.
| Duration | A100 PCIe 40GB | L40S | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $1.31 | $1.60 | $0.286 |
| 1 day (24h) | $31.56 | $38.41 | $6.86 |
| 1 week (168h) | $220.89 | $268.90 | $48.05 |
| 1 month (730h) | $959.80 | $1,168.44 | $208.78 |
Over a typical month, choosing the A100 PCIe 40GB saves $208.78 compared to the L40S. That's a 17.9% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
48GB VRAM vs 40GB — fits larger models.
Comparable cost efficiency — either choice works.
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