GPU comparison
NVIDIA A100 80GB vs NVIDIA L4: price per GPU-hour
Updated 2026-10-19
At the median, A100 80GB is 2.2× the price of L4 per GPU-hour.
NVIDIA A100 80GB has 80 GB on Ampere; NVIDIA L4 has 24 GB on Ada Lovelace.
Pick on memory first: the model has to fit. Then compare price per GPU-hour, and check whether your credits can pay for it.
| NVIDIA A100 80GB | NVIDIA L4 | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest in stock | $0.65 (Lium) | $0.44 (Jarvislabs) |
| Median | $1.76 | $0.7996 |
| Providers tracked | 27 | 14 |
| On AWS | $3.43 (p4de.24xlarge) | $0.8048 (g6.xlarge) |
| Memory | 80 GB | 24 GB |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| AWS GPU-hours per $25k | 7,287 | 31,064 |
NVIDIA A100 80GB · NVIDIA L4 · All GPU prices
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