Side-by-side pricing across 19 marketplace listings. The L40S is 48.5% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, listing-weighted median.
| Metric | H100 NVL | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $3.11 | $1.60 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 5 | 14 |
| VRAM | 94 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 989 | 366 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
See individual pages: H100 NVL pricing · L40S pricing
Total rental cost at the listing-weighted median price for each GPU.
| Duration | H100 NVL | L40S | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $3.11 | $1.60 | $1.509 |
| 1 day (24h) | $74.64 | $38.41 | $36.22 |
| 1 week (168h) | $522.48 | $268.90 | $253.51 |
| 1 month (730h) | $2,270.30 | $1,168.44 | $1,101.57 |
Over a typical month, choosing the L40S saves $1,101.57 compared to the H100 NVL. That's a 48.5% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
94GB VRAM vs 48GB — fits larger models.
318.01 TFLOPS/$ vs 228.66 — better cost efficiency.
Marketplace partners carrying these GPUs, with their pricing for each side.
| Marketplace | H100 NVL | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| io.net | $1.00 | $0.89 |
| Massed Compute | $3.11 | $0.88 |
| RunPod | $3.19 | $0.99 |
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