RTX A6000 vs L40S
RTX A6000 starts at $0.35/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.
63.5% cheaper at RTX A6000.
updated 2026-10-06. Price alone does not establish equivalent capacity or performance.
RTX A6000
L40S
Spec sheet
| RTX A6000 | L40S | |
|---|---|---|
| Spec variant | RTX A6000 | L40S |
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| VRAM (spec variant) | 48 GB | 48 GB |
| FP16 TFLOPS (dense) | 155 | 362 |
| Memory bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 864 GB/s |
| TDP | 300 W | 350 W |
| Interconnect | NVLink 112.5GB/s | PCIe Gen4 |
| Launched | 2020 | 2023 |
Rental price per manufacturer-rated FP16 compute: RTX A6000 $2.26 per PFLOP-hour vs L40S $2.65. Formula: cheapest $/hr ÷ dense FP16 PFLOPS (1 PFLOP = 1000 TFLOPS). This uses RTX A6000 and L40S, whose datasheets may differ from the variants above. It is not measured job throughput. Specs: RTX A6000 manufacturer, L40S manufacturer.
What they cost to rent (2026-10-06)
| RTX A6000 | L40S | |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest on-demand $/hr | $0.35 | $0.96 |
| Cheapest spot/community $/hr | $0.33 | $0.79 |
| Cheapest source | Thunder Compute | Spheron |
| Providers offering it | 8 | 16 |
Lowest recorded on-demand rate per configuration; highlighted = cheaper. Spot/marketplace tiers shown on the individual pages.
FAQ
RTX A6000 is cheaper: the RTX A6000 rents from $0.35 per GPU-hour and the L40S from $0.96 on-demand, updated 2026-10-06.
The largest recorded RTX A6000 variant has 48 GB and the largest L40S variant has 48 GB. Other variants may have less memory. They match on maximum VRAM.
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