Side-by-side pricing across 12 marketplace listings. The A40 is 25% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, listing-weighted median.
| Metric | A40 | L4 |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $0.63 | $0.84 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 5 | 7 |
| VRAM | 48 GB | 24 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 150 | 121 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
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Total rental cost at the listing-weighted median price for each GPU.
| Duration | A40 | L4 | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $0.63 | $0.84 | $0.21 |
| 1 day (24h) | $15.12 | $20.17 | $5.04 |
| 1 week (168h) | $105.84 | $141.17 | $35.28 |
| 1 month (730h) | $459.90 | $613.42 | $153.30 |
Over a typical month, choosing the A40 saves $153.30 compared to the L4. That's a 25% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
48GB VRAM vs 24GB — fits larger models.
238.1 TFLOPS/$ vs 144 — better cost efficiency.
Marketplace partners carrying these GPUs, with their pricing for each side.
| Marketplace | A40 | L4 |
|---|---|---|
| RunPod | $0.49 | $0.49 |
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Track A40 and L4 rental pricing across every marketplace, updated daily.