Side-by-side pricing across 21 marketplace listings. The L40S is 55% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, listing-weighted median.
| Metric | H100 PCIe | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $3.25 | $1.46 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 8 | 13 |
| VRAM | 80 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 756 | 366 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
See individual pages: H100 PCIe pricing · L40S pricing
Total rental cost at the listing-weighted median price for each GPU.
| Duration | H100 PCIe | L40S | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $3.25 | $1.46 | $1.786 |
| 1 day (24h) | $77.92 | $35.06 | $42.86 |
| 1 week (168h) | $545.43 | $245.45 | $300.05 |
| 1 month (730h) | $2,370.02 | $1,066.53 | $1,303.78 |
Over a typical month, choosing the L40S saves $1,303.78 compared to the H100 PCIe. That's a 55% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
80GB VRAM vs 48GB — fits larger models.
Comparable cost efficiency — either choice works.
Marketplace partners carrying these GPUs, with their pricing for each side.
| Marketplace | H100 PCIe | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| io.net | $1.00 | $0.89 |
| Vast.ai | $1.98 | $0.93 |
| RunPod | $2.44 | $0.83 |
| Massed Compute | $2.40 | $0.88 |
| OVHcloud | $3.25 | $1.62 |
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