Side-by-side pricing across 20 marketplace listings. The L40 is 46.7% cheaper at median.
Side-by-side technical and market data. All prices in USD, listing-weighted median.
| Metric | L40 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Median Price (USD/hr) | $0.86 | $1.61 |
| Marketplaces Tracking | 6 | 14 |
| VRAM | 48 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 181 | 366 |
| Category | Datacenter GPUs | |
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Total rental cost at the listing-weighted median price for each GPU.
| Duration | L40 | L40S | You Save |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 hour | $0.86 | $1.61 | $0.755 |
| 1 day (24h) | $20.64 | $38.76 | $18.12 |
| 1 week (168h) | $144.48 | $271.30 | $126.84 |
| 1 month (730h) | $627.80 | $1,178.88 | $551.15 |
Over a typical month, choosing the L40 saves $551.15 compared to the L40S. That's a 46.7% cost reduction.
Decision logic based on workload type, derived from VRAM and FP16 compute heuristics.
366 FP16 TFLOPS vs 181 — faster gradient compute.
Comparable cost efficiency — either choice works.
Marketplace partners carrying these GPUs, with their pricing for each side.
| Marketplace | L40 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Massed Compute | $0.86 | $0.88 |
| RunPod | $0.82 | $0.99 |
| Thunder Compute | $1.39 | $1.49 |
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Track L40 and L40S rental pricing across every marketplace, updated daily.