Side-by-side pricing across 18 marketplace listings. The A40 is 66.5% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, listing-weighted median.
| Metric | A40 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $0.54 | $1.60 |
| 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 listing-weighted median price for each GPU.
| Duration | A40 | L40S | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $0.54 | $1.60 | $1.062 |
| 1 day (24h) | $12.84 | $38.32 | $25.49 |
| 1 week (168h) | $89.88 | $268.25 | $178.42 |
| 1 month (730h) | $390.55 | $1,165.59 | $775.26 |
Over a typical month, choosing the A40 saves $775.26 compared to the L40S. That's a 66.5% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
366 FP16 TFLOPS vs 150 — faster gradient compute.
280.37 TFLOPS/$ vs 229.22 — better cost efficiency.
Marketplace partners carrying these GPUs, with their pricing for each side.
| Marketplace | A40 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| RunPod | $0.44 | $0.99 |
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