A40 rental prices: cheapest $/hr today

The cheapest on-demand A40 rental today is $0.49/hr on RunPod, updated 2026-10-06. 48 GB VRAM, NVIDIA.

$0.49/hr

cheapest on-demand rate · RunPod (secure cloud) · source: www.runpod.io

$0.49/hr$1.71/hr

2 offers · dashed line: $1.10 median per offer · 2026-10-06. ● On-demand · ◆ Spot/community · ■ Reserved · ○ Serverless.

Pricing at a glance

$0.49

cheapest on-demand $/hr

$1.10

median on-demand $/hr, each provider counted once

$1.71

max on-demand $/hr

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All current A40 offers

Provider, memory & availability

2 offers. Rates are per GPU; total is for the smallest listed node.

GPU / provider	Billing	$/GPU-hour	GPUs / total per hour	Availability / details
A40 RunPod48 GB VRAMShortlist	secure cloud	$0.49per GPU-hour+0.0% over 30 days	Node minimum and total not reported	Not reportedView provider 2026-10-06Details CPU 9 vCPU RAM 50 GB RAM Disk Disk not reported Region Not reported Updated 2026-10-06 Source price ↗ · Report this price
A40 Vultr48 GB VRAMShortlist	on-demand	$1.71per GPU-hour+0.0% over 30 days	1× $1.71per node-hour	Not reportedView provider 2026-10-06Details CPU vCPU not reported RAM RAM not reported Disk Disk not reported Region Not reported Updated 2026-10-06 Source price ↗ · Report this price

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On-demand and secure rates do not require a reservation. Community and spot capacity can be interrupted. Prices are per GPU per hour, before storage/egress. Every row shows its update date.

A40 hardware specs

A40 hardware specifications
Architecture	Ampere
VRAM	48 GB
FP16 TFLOPS (dense)	150
Memory bandwidth	696 GB/s
TDP	300 W
Interconnect	NVLink 112.5GB/s
Launched	2020

Datasheet spec for the A40 variant. Source: images.nvidia.com.

Compare A40 configurations

A40 purchase prices · Rent or buy calculator · Compare two GPUs

LLM memory estimates for this GPU

Qwen2.5 14B at 16-bit weights

36.4GB

Weights 29.5 GB · cache 0.8 GB · headroom 6.1 GB. Capacity line: 48 GB.

These models have an estimated inference footprint within 48 GB at one or more precisions. The scenario uses 4,096 tokens, batch 1, a 16-bit KV cache and 20% runtime headroom. A memory fit does not establish speed or software compatibility.

Model	16-bit GB	8-bit GB	4-bit GB
Qwen2.5 0.5B	1.2 ✓	0.7 ✓	0.4 ✓
Qwen2.5 1.5B	3.8 ✓	2.0 ✓	1.1 ✓
Qwen2.5 3B	7.6 ✓	3.9 ✓	2.0 ✓
Qwen2.5 7B	18.6 ✓	9.4 ✓	4.9 ✓
Qwen2.5 14B	36.4 ✓	18.7 ✓	9.8 ✓
Qwen2.5 32B	79.9	40.6 ✓	20.9 ✓
Qwen2.5 72B	176.1	88.9	45.2 ✓
Qwen2.5 Coder 0.5B	1.2 ✓	0.7 ✓	0.4 ✓
Qwen2.5 Coder 1.5B	3.8 ✓	2.0 ✓	1.1 ✓
Qwen2.5 Coder 3B	7.6 ✓	3.9 ✓	2.0 ✓
Qwen2.5 Coder 7B	18.6 ✓	9.4 ✓	4.9 ✓
Qwen2.5 Coder 14B	36.4 ✓	18.7 ✓	9.8 ✓
Qwen2.5 Coder 32B	79.9	40.6 ✓	20.9 ✓
Qwen3 0.6B	2.4 ✓	1.5 ✓	1.0 ✓
Qwen3 1.7B	5.4 ✓	3.0 ✓	1.8 ✓
Qwen3 4B	10.4 ✓	5.6 ✓	3.1 ✓
Qwen3 8B	20.4 ✓	10.6 ✓	5.6 ✓
Qwen3 14B	36.2 ✓	18.5 ✓	9.7 ✓
Qwen3 32B	79.9	40.6 ✓	20.9 ✓
Qwen3 30B A3B	73.8	37.1 ✓	18.8 ✓
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 1.5B	4.4 ✓	2.3 ✓	1.2 ✓
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 7B	18.6 ✓	9.4 ✓	4.9 ✓
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 14B	36.4 ✓	18.7 ✓	9.8 ✓
DeepSeek R1 Distill Qwen 32B	79.9	40.6 ✓	20.9 ✓
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 8B	19.9 ✓	10.3 ✓	5.5 ✓
DeepSeek R1 Distill Llama 70B	170.9	86.3	43.9 ✓
Mistral 7B v0.3	18.0 ✓	9.3 ✓	5.0 ✓
Mixtral 8x7B v0.1	112.7	56.7	28.7 ✓
Mistral Small 24B 2501	57.4	29.1 ✓	14.9 ✓
Mistral Nemo 2407	30.2 ✓	15.5 ✓	8.2 ✓
phi 4	36.2 ✓	18.6 ✓	9.8 ✓

Compare model memory requirements or change context and memory assumptions on a model's page.

When to choose A40

Use the model memory estimates above to check whether your weights, context and batch size fit within 48 GB. Then compare the exact variant, node size and software support. Capacity alone does not establish inference speed or training throughput.

If your workload fits within 32 GB, compare RTX PRO 4500 rental prices from $0.72/GPU-hour. The smaller memory budget is the trade-off; price alone does not make the cards interchangeable.

A40 price changes

30 days: 0.0% across 2 matching firm-price configurations since 2026-09-06.
90 days: 5.5% across 2 matching firm-price configurations since 2026-07-08.

Changes use the geometric mean of price ratios for the same provider, variant, tier, GPU count, instance and region. New listings are not counted as price changes.

Price history

on-demand rate per day · median on-demand rate per day (dashed), since 2026-07-05: $0.25 low · $0.49 high. Full ledger on the history hub.

FAQ

How much does it cost to rent an A40?

The cheapest A40 rental we have is $0.49 per GPU-hour on RunPod (secure cloud), updated 2026-10-06.

How much VRAM does an A40 have?

48 GB.

Where is the A40 cheapest right now?

RunPod has the cheapest verified on-demand rate today at $0.49 per GPU-hour. Verified 2026-10-06.

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Should you rent or buy?

Compare A40 purchase prices and quote availability, then enter your usage and electricity costs in the rent-versus-buy calculator. Purchase listings have their own variants, stock status and update dates.