A30 vs L40
A30 starts at $0.35/GPU-hour on-demand; L40 starts at $0.79/GPU-hour on-demand. Compare the exact variants, memory and published specifications below. Peak compute figures do not establish application speed.
A30
L40
Spec sheet
| A30 | L40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Spec variant | A30 | L40 |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| VRAM (spec variant) | 24 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 165 | 181 |
| Memory bandwidth | 933 GB/s | 864 GB/s |
| TDP | 165 W | 300 W |
| Interconnect | NVLink 200GB/s | PCIe Gen4 |
| Launched | 2021 | 2022 |
Rental price per manufacturer-rated FP16 compute: A30 $2.12 per PFLOP-hour vs L40 $4.36. Formula: cheapest $/hr ÷ dense FP16 PFLOPS (1 PFLOP = 1000 TFLOPS). This uses A30 and L40, whose datasheets may differ from the variants above. It is not measured job throughput. Specs: A30 manufacturer, L40 manufacturer.
What they cost to rent (2026-10-02)
| A30 | L40 | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest on-demand $/hr | $0.35 | $0.79 |
| Cheapest spot/community $/hr | – | $0.69 |
| Cheapest source | Massed Compute | Thunder Compute |
| Providers offering it | 1 | 6 |
Lowest recorded on-demand rate per configuration; highlighted = cheaper. Spot/marketplace tiers shown on the individual pages.
FAQ
A30 is cheaper: the A30 rents from $0.35 per GPU-hour and the L40 from $0.79 on-demand, updated 2026-10-02.
The largest recorded A30 variant has 24 GB and the largest L40 variant has 48 GB. Other variants may have less memory. The L40 has more.
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