Side-by-side pricing across 12 marketplace listings. The L40 is 71.4% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, AIMC reference price (median across marketplaces).
| Metric | H100 NVL | L40 |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $3.11 | $0.89 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 5 | 7 |
| VRAM | 94 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 989 | 181 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
See individual pages: H100 NVL pricing · L40 pricing
Total rental cost at the AIMC reference price for each GPU.
| Duration | H100 NVL | L40 | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $3.11 | $0.89 | $2.22 |
| 1 day (24h) | $74.64 | $21.36 | $53.28 |
| 1 week (168h) | $522.48 | $149.52 | $372.96 |
| 1 month (730h) | $2,270.30 | $649.70 | $1,620.60 |
Over a typical month, choosing the L40 saves $1,620.60 compared to the H100 NVL. That's a 71.4% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
94GB VRAM vs 48GB — fits larger models.
318.01 TFLOPS/$ vs 203.37 — better cost efficiency.
Marketplace partners carrying these GPUs, with their pricing for each side.
| Marketplace | H100 NVL | L40 |
|---|---|---|
| Hyperstack | $2.60 | $1.00 |
| Massed Compute | $3.11 | $0.86 |
| RunPod | $3.19 | $0.82 |
| Vast.ai | $4.67 | $1.09 |
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