Side-by-side pricing across 20 marketplace listings. The L40S is 75% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, AIMC reference price (median across marketplaces).
| Metric | H200 SXM | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $5.29 | $1.32 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 7 | 13 |
| VRAM | 141 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 989 | 366 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
See individual pages: H200 SXM pricing · L40S pricing
Total rental cost at the AIMC reference price for each GPU.
| Duration | H200 SXM | L40S | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $5.29 | $1.32 | $3.969 |
| 1 day (24h) | $126.96 | $31.69 | $95.26 |
| 1 week (168h) | $888.72 | $221.86 | $666.79 |
| 1 month (730h) | $3,861.70 | $964.04 | $2,897.37 |
Over a typical month, choosing the L40S saves $2,897.37 compared to the H200 SXM. That's a 75% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
141GB VRAM vs 48GB — fits larger models.
277.15 TFLOPS/$ vs 186.96 — better cost efficiency.
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Track H200 SXM and L40S rental pricing across authorized marketplaces, updated daily.