Side-by-side pricing across 18 marketplace listings. The A40 is 29% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, AIMC reference price (median across marketplaces).
| Metric | A40 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $0.84 | $1.18 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 4 | 14 |
| VRAM | 48 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 150 | 366 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
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Total rental cost at the AIMC reference price for each GPU.
| Duration | A40 | L40S | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $0.84 | $1.18 | $0.342 |
| 1 day (24h) | $20.10 | $28.32 | $8.21 |
| 1 week (168h) | $140.73 | $198.24 | $57.46 |
| 1 month (730h) | $611.52 | $861.40 | $249.66 |
Over a typical month, choosing the A40 saves $249.66 compared to the L40S. That's a 29% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
366 FP16 TFLOPS vs 150 — faster gradient compute.
310.17 TFLOPS/$ vs 179.06 — better cost efficiency.
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