Side-by-side pricing across 21 marketplace listings. The L40 is 80.9% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, AIMC reference price (median across marketplaces).
| Metric | H200 SXM | L40 |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $4.65 | $0.89 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 14 | 7 |
| VRAM | 141 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 989 | 181 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
See individual pages: H200 SXM pricing · L40 pricing
Total rental cost at the AIMC reference price for each GPU.
| Duration | H200 SXM | L40 | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $4.65 | $0.89 | $3.762 |
| 1 day (24h) | $111.64 | $21.36 | $90.29 |
| 1 week (168h) | $781.47 | $149.52 | $632.02 |
| 1 month (730h) | $3,395.67 | $649.70 | $2,746.26 |
Over a typical month, choosing the L40 saves $2,746.26 compared to the H200 SXM. That's a 80.9% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
141GB VRAM vs 48GB — fits larger models.
Comparable cost efficiency — either choice works.
Marketplace partners carrying these GPUs, with their pricing for each side.
| Marketplace | H200 SXM | L40 |
|---|---|---|
| DataOorts | $2.79 | $0.89 |
| Hyperstack | $3.99 | $1.00 |
| RunPod | $5.29 | $0.82 |
| Vast.ai | $24.01 | $1.09 |
Other Datacenter GPUs GPU comparisons with similar price profiles.
Track H200 SXM and L40 rental pricing across every marketplace, updated daily.