GPU comparison
NVIDIA A100 40GB vs NVIDIA L40S.
Specs, performance and live cloud availability, side by side. The NVIDIA L40S is cheaper today, from $1.14/hr.
The short answer
Choose NVIDIA L40S if cost is the priority (43% cheaper).
Choose NVIDIA A100 40GB if memory bandwidth matters (1.6 TB/s vs 864 GB/s).
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Ampere
NVIDIA A100 40GB
from$1.99/hr
Available now · 5 regions- Memory
- 40 GB HBM2
- FP16 tensor
- 312 TFLOPS
- Bandwidth
- 1.6 TB/s
Ada Lovelace
NVIDIA L40S
from$1.14/hrCheaper
Available now · 3 regions- Memory
- 48 GB GDDR6
- FP16 tensor
- 362 TFLOPS
- Bandwidth
- 864 GB/s
At a glance
Spec by spec. The longer bar is the better number.
Full specs
The complete spec sheet.
| Spec | NVIDIA A100 40GB | NVIDIA L40S |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| Memory | 40 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory type | HBM2 | GDDR6 |
| Memory bandwidth | 1.6 TB/s | 864 GB/s |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 91.6 TFLOPS |
| FP16 tensor | 312 TFLOPS | 362 TFLOPS |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | 733 TOPS |
| TDP | up to 400 W | 350 W |
| GPUs per node | 8 | 4 |
| Hourly price (live) | from $1.99/hr | from $1.14/hr |
Questions
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