RTX A4000 vs L40S
RTX A4000 starts at $0.10/GPU-hour on-demand; L40S starts at $0.97/GPU-hour on-demand. Compare the exact variants, memory and published specifications below. Peak compute figures do not establish application speed.
RTX A4000
L40S
Spec sheet
| RTX A4000 | L40S | |
|---|---|---|
| Spec variant | RTX A4000 | L40S |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| VRAM (spec variant) | 16 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 77 | 362 |
| Memory bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 864 GB/s |
| TDP | 140 W | 350 W |
| Interconnect | PCIe Gen4 | PCIe Gen4 |
| Launched | 2021 | 2023 |
Rental price per manufacturer-rated FP16 compute: RTX A4000 $1.30 per PFLOP-hour vs L40S $2.68. Formula: cheapest $/hr ÷ dense FP16 PFLOPS (1 PFLOP = 1000 TFLOPS). This uses RTX A4000 and L40S, whose datasheets may differ from the variants above. It is not measured job throughput. Specs: RTX A4000 manufacturer, L40S manufacturer.
What they cost to rent (2026-10-02)
| RTX A4000 | L40S | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest on-demand $/hr | $0.10 | $0.97 |
| Cheapest spot/community $/hr | $0.17 | $0.79 |
| Cheapest source | TensorDock | Massed Compute |
| Providers offering it | 3 | 16 |
Lowest recorded on-demand rate per configuration; highlighted = cheaper. Spot/marketplace tiers shown on the individual pages.
FAQ
RTX A4000 is cheaper: the RTX A4000 rents from $0.10 per GPU-hour and the L40S from $0.97 on-demand, updated 2026-10-02.
The largest recorded RTX A4000 variant has 16 GB and the largest L40S variant has 48 GB. Other variants may have less memory. The L40S has more.
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