Side-by-side pricing across 35 marketplace listings. The L40S is 49.1% 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) | $3.17 | $1.61 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 21 | 14 |
| 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 | $3.17 | $1.61 | $1.555 |
| 1 day (24h) | $76.08 | $38.76 | $37.32 |
| 1 week (168h) | $532.56 | $271.30 | $261.24 |
| 1 month (730h) | $2,314.10 | $1,178.88 | $1,135.15 |
Over a typical month, choosing the L40S saves $1,135.15 compared to the H100 SXM. That's a 49.1% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
80GB VRAM vs 48GB — fits larger models.
311.99 TFLOPS/$ vs 226.64 — better cost efficiency.
Marketplace partners carrying these GPUs, with their pricing for each side.
| Marketplace | H100 SXM | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| io.net | $2.09 | $0.89 |
| UpCloud | $1.89 | $1.27 |
| Hydra Host | $2.50 | $0.68 |
| Massed Compute | $3.14 | $0.88 |
| RunPod | $3.29 | $0.99 |
| Arkane Cloud | $2.99 | $1.39 |
| Verda | $3.25 | $1.37 |
| Cyfuture AI | $3.40 | $1.28 |
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