GPU comparison
NVIDIA L40S vs NVIDIA A100 80GB: price per GPU-hour
Updated 2026-10-19
At the median, L40S is 1.2× cheaper than A100 80GB per GPU-hour.
NVIDIA L40S has 48 GB on Ada Lovelace; NVIDIA A100 80GB has 80 GB on Ampere.
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 L40S | NVIDIA A100 80GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest in stock | $0.55 (Novita Ai) | $0.65 (Lium) |
| Median | $1.48 | $1.76 |
| Providers tracked | 32 | 27 |
| On AWS | $1.86 (g6e.xlarge) | $3.43 (p4de.24xlarge) |
| Memory | 48 GB | 80 GB |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| AWS GPU-hours per $25k | 13,434 | 7,287 |
NVIDIA L40S · NVIDIA A100 80GB · All GPU prices
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