Side-by-side pricing across 8 marketplace listings. The A100 SXM 40GB is 9% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, listing-weighted median.
| Metric | A100 SXM 40GB | L40 |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $0.76 | $0.83 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 3 | 5 |
| VRAM | 40 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 312 | 181 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
See individual pages: A100 SXM 40GB pricing · L40 pricing
Total rental cost at the listing-weighted median price for each GPU.
| Duration | A100 SXM 40GB | L40 | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $0.76 | $0.83 | $0.074 |
| 1 day (24h) | $18.13 | $19.92 | $1.78 |
| 1 week (168h) | $126.94 | $139.44 | $12.43 |
| 1 month (730h) | $551.59 | $605.90 | $54.02 |
Over a typical month, choosing the A100 SXM 40GB saves $54.02 compared to the L40. That's a 9% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
48GB VRAM vs 40GB — fits larger models.
412.92 TFLOPS/$ vs 218.07 — better cost efficiency.
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