GPU comparison
NVIDIA H100 vs NVIDIA L40S: price per GPU-hour
Updated 2026-10-19
At the median, H100 is 2.3× the price of L40S per GPU-hour.
NVIDIA H100 has 80 GB on Hopper; NVIDIA L40S has 48 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 H100 | NVIDIA L40S | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest in stock | $1.77 (Lium) | $0.55 (Novita Ai) |
| Median | $3.38 | $1.48 |
| Providers tracked | 37 | 32 |
| On AWS | $6.88 (p5.4xlarge) | $1.86 (g6e.xlarge) |
| Memory | 80 GB | 48 GB |
| Architecture | Hopper | Ada Lovelace |
| AWS GPU-hours per $25k | 3,634 | 13,434 |
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