Side-by-side pricing across 33 marketplace listings. The L40S is 55.1% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, listing-weighted median.
| Metric | H100 SXM | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $3.49 | $1.57 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 21 | 12 |
| VRAM | 80 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 989 | 366 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
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Total rental cost at the listing-weighted median price for each GPU.
| Duration | H100 SXM | L40S | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $3.49 | $1.57 | $1.921 |
| 1 day (24h) | $83.76 | $37.65 | $46.10 |
| 1 week (168h) | $586.32 | $263.52 | $322.73 |
| 1 month (730h) | $2,547.70 | $1,145.08 | $1,402.33 |
Over a typical month, choosing the L40S saves $1,402.33 compared to the H100 SXM. That's a 55.1% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
80GB VRAM vs 48GB — fits larger models.
283.38 TFLOPS/$ vs 233.33 — better cost efficiency.
Marketplace partners carrying these GPUs, with their pricing for each side.
| Marketplace | H100 SXM | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| io.net | $2.09 | $0.89 |
| Hydra Host | $2.25 | $0.81 |
| UpCloud | $1.89 | $1.27 |
| Massed Compute | $3.14 | $0.97 |
| RunPod | $3.49 | $1.09 |
| Cyfuture AI | $3.36 | $1.27 |
| Verda | $3.77 | $1.57 |
| Arkane Cloud | $3.99 | $1.79 |
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