Side-by-side pricing across 16 marketplace listings. The A100 SXM 40GB is 48.3% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, listing-weighted median.
| Metric | A100 SXM 40GB | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $0.76 | $1.46 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 3 | 13 |
| VRAM | 40 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 312 | 366 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
See individual pages: A100 SXM 40GB pricing · L40S pricing
Total rental cost at the listing-weighted median price for each GPU.
| Duration | A100 SXM 40GB | L40S | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $0.76 | $1.46 | $0.705 |
| 1 day (24h) | $18.13 | $35.06 | $16.92 |
| 1 week (168h) | $126.94 | $245.45 | $118.44 |
| 1 month (730h) | $551.59 | $1,066.53 | $514.65 |
Over a typical month, choosing the A100 SXM 40GB saves $514.65 compared to the L40S. That's a 48.3% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
48GB VRAM vs 40GB — fits larger models.
412.92 TFLOPS/$ vs 250.51 — better cost efficiency.
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