GPU comparison
L40S vs A100: specs and rental prices
NVIDIA L40S against NVIDIA A100: 48 GB against 80 GB of memory, lowest listed on-demand price $1.50 against $1.35 per GPU-hour. Specs from NVIDIA, prices as of Oct 25, 2026.
In short
- The A100 lists 80 GB of GPU memory against 48 GB for the L40S: 1.67× higher.
- Memory type is GDDR6 on the L40S and HBM2e on the A100.
- The A100 lists 2,039 GB/s of memory bandwidth against 864 GB/s for the L40S: 2.36× higher.
- The L40S lists 733 TFLOPS of FP16 / BF16 tensor throughput against 624 TFLOPS for the A100: 1.17× higher.
- Maximum power is listed at 350 W for the L40S and 400 W for the A100.
- Not every figure can be compared: at least one vendor page does not publish: FP8 tensor throughput; FP64 throughput; GPU-to-GPU interconnect.
- The lowest listed on-demand price is $1.35 per GPU-hour for the A100 (Hyperstack) and $1.50 for the L40S (Crusoe).
- Per GB of GPU memory that is $0.031 per hour for the L40S and $0.017 for the A100.
This summary is generated from the tables below. Prices were last checked Oct 25, 2026. A listing not re-checked for 7 days is greyed and left out of every lowest-price figure; after 14 days it is removed from the page.
Specifications side by side
| Specification | L40S | A100 80GB SXM | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPU memory | 48 GB | 80 GB | A100 1.67× higher |
| Memory type | GDDR6 | HBM2e | Different |
| Memory bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 2,039 GB/s | A100 2.36× higher |
| FP8 tensor throughput | 1,466 TFLOPS (with sparsity) | Not published | — |
| FP16 / BF16 tensor throughput, with sparsity | 733 TFLOPS | 624 TFLOPS | L40S 1.17× higher |
| TF32 tensor throughput, with sparsity | 366 TFLOPS | 312 TFLOPS | L40S 1.17× higher |
| FP64 throughput | Not published | 9.7 TFLOPS | — |
| Maximum power | 350 W | 400 W | A100 1.14× higher |
| GPU-to-GPU interconnect | Not published | 600 GB/s | — |
| CUDA cores | 18,176 | Not published | — |
Compared versions: L40S and A100 80GB SXM. The figure in the stronger cell is shaded; power is shown without a winner. Two throughput figures are compared only when both vendors state them on the same basis (both with sparsity, or both dense), and “derived” means a total the vendor publishes divided by the GPU count it publishes. Full tables with sources: L40S specifications · A100 specifications.
Rental prices
| Rental price | L40S | A100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lowest listed on-demand price | $1.50 per GPU-hour · Crusoe · checked Oct 25, 2026 | $1.35 per GPU-hour · Hyperstack · checked Oct 25, 2026 | L40S 1.11× higher |
| Lowest listed spot price | $0.98 per GPU-hour · CoreWeave · checked Oct 25, 2026 | $1.06 per GPU-hour · Microsoft Azure · checked Oct 25, 2026 | A100 1.07× higher |
| Price per GB of memory | $0.031 per GB of GPU memory per hour | $0.017 per GB of GPU memory per hour | L40S 1.85× higher |
| Fresh listings | 10 from 7 providers | 14 from 9 providers | — |
Prices cover every version and instance size the providers list, so they are not tied to the versions compared above; the price per GB of memory divides the lowest fresh on-demand price by the memory of the compared version. Listed prices are not like for like across providers. See every listing: L40S prices · A100 prices.
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