A100 vs L40S
Datasheet specs side by side, plus what each card actually costs to rent today across every provider we track.
A100
L40S
Spec sheet
| A100 | L40S | |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| VRAM (max variant) | 80 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 312 | 362 |
| Memory bandwidth | 1935 GB/s | 864 GB/s |
| TDP | 300 W | 350 W |
| Interconnect | PCIe Gen4 | PCIe Gen4 |
| Launched | 2020 | 2023 |
Computed price-performance at today's cheapest on-demand rates: A100 $2.85 per PFLOP-hour vs L40S $2.43. Formula: cheapest $/hr ÷ dense FP16 PFLOPS (1 PFLOP = 1000 TFLOPS). Specs from vendor datasheets (source, source).
What they cost to rent (2026-07-08)
| A100 | L40S | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest on-demand $/hr | $0.89 | $0.88 |
| Cheapest spot $/hr | $0.68 | $0.79 |
| Cheapest source | Jarvislabs | Massed Compute |
| Providers offering it | 14 | 11 |
Cheapest verified on-demand rate per side from today's snapshot; highlighted = cheaper. Spot/marketplace tiers shown on the individual pages.
Prices render from the live dataset each build. More: the screener · price movers · methodology.