Side-by-side pricing across 13 marketplace listings. The A40 is 64.4% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, listing-weighted median.
| Metric | A40 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $0.58 | $1.63 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 4 | 9 |
| 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 | $0.58 | $1.63 | $1.05 |
| 1 day (24h) | $13.92 | $39.12 | $25.20 |
| 1 week (168h) | $97.44 | $273.87 | $176.40 |
| 1 month (730h) | $423.40 | $1,190.05 | $766.50 |
Over a typical month, choosing the A40 saves $766.50 compared to the L40S. That's a 64.4% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
366 FP16 TFLOPS vs 150 — faster gradient compute.
258.62 TFLOPS/$ vs 224.51 — better cost efficiency.
Marketplace partners carrying these GPUs, with their pricing for each side.
| Marketplace | A40 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| RunPod | $0.44 | $0.86 |
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