L4 vs L40S
L4 starts at $0.44/GPU-hour on-demand; L40S starts at $0.96/GPU-hour on-demand. Compare the exact variants, memory and published specifications below. Peak compute figures do not establish application speed.
54.2% cheaper at L4.
updated 2026-10-06. Price alone does not establish equivalent capacity or performance.
L40S
Spec sheet
| L4 | L40S | |
|---|---|---|
| Spec variant | L4 | L40S |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ada Lovelace |
| VRAM (spec variant) | 24 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 121 | 362 |
| Memory bandwidth | 300 GB/s | 864 GB/s |
| TDP | 72 W | 350 W |
| Interconnect | PCIe Gen4 | PCIe Gen4 |
| Launched | 2023 | 2023 |
Rental price per manufacturer-rated FP16 compute: L4 $3.64 per PFLOP-hour vs L40S $2.65. Formula: cheapest $/hr ÷ dense FP16 PFLOPS (1 PFLOP = 1000 TFLOPS). This uses L4 and L40S, whose datasheets may differ from the variants above. It is not measured job throughput. Specs: L4 manufacturer, L40S manufacturer.
What they cost to rent (2026-10-06)
| L4 | L40S | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest on-demand $/hr | $0.44 | $0.96 |
| Cheapest spot/community $/hr | $0.105 | $0.79 |
| Cheapest source | Jarvislabs | Spheron |
| Providers offering it | 10 | 16 |
Lowest recorded on-demand rate per configuration; highlighted = cheaper. Spot/marketplace tiers shown on the individual pages.
FAQ
L4 is cheaper: the L4 rents from $0.44 per GPU-hour and the L40S from $0.96 on-demand, updated 2026-10-06.
The largest recorded L4 variant has 24 GB and the largest L40S variant has 48 GB. Other variants may have less memory. The L40S has more.
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