Side-by-side pricing across 23 marketplace listings. The L40S is 49.1% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, listing-weighted median.
| Metric | A100 PCIe 80GB | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $3.10 | $1.58 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 11 | 12 |
| VRAM | 80 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 312 | 366 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
See individual pages: A100 PCIe 80GB pricing · L40S pricing
Total rental cost at the listing-weighted median price for each GPU.
| Duration | A100 PCIe 80GB | L40S | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $3.10 | $1.58 | $1.521 |
| 1 day (24h) | $74.38 | $37.86 | $36.50 |
| 1 week (168h) | $520.63 | $265.05 | $255.53 |
| 1 month (730h) | $2,262.27 | $1,151.72 | $1,110.33 |
Over a typical month, choosing the L40S saves $1,110.33 compared to the A100 PCIe 80GB. That's a 49.1% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
80GB VRAM vs 48GB — fits larger models.
231.98 TFLOPS/$ vs 100.68 — better cost efficiency.
Marketplace partners carrying these GPUs, with their pricing for each side.
| Marketplace | A100 PCIe 80GB | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Clore.ai | $0.72 | $0.63 |
| io.net | $1.39 | $0.89 |
| Massed Compute | $1.35 | $0.97 |
| Packet.ai | $1.43 | $0.92 |
| RunPod | $1.59 | $1.09 |
| OVHcloud | $3.10 | $1.58 |
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