Side-by-side pricing across 19 marketplace listings. The A40 is 61% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, listing-weighted median.
| Metric | A40 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $0.63 | $1.61 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 5 | 14 |
| VRAM | 48 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 150 | 366 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
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Total rental cost at the listing-weighted median price for each GPU.
| Duration | A40 | L40S | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $0.63 | $1.61 | $0.985 |
| 1 day (24h) | $15.12 | $38.76 | $23.64 |
| 1 week (168h) | $105.84 | $271.30 | $165.48 |
| 1 month (730h) | $459.90 | $1,178.88 | $719.05 |
Over a typical month, choosing the A40 saves $719.05 compared to the L40S. That's a 61% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
366 FP16 TFLOPS vs 150 — faster gradient compute.
Comparable cost efficiency — either choice works.
Marketplace partners carrying these GPUs, with their pricing for each side.
| Marketplace | A40 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| RunPod | $0.44 | $0.99 |
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