GPU Comparison
NVIDIA A100 SXM vs NVIDIA L40S.
Side-by-side comparison of specs, performance, and cloud rental pricing. NVIDIA L40S is the cheaper option at $0.85/hr.
TL;DR
Choose NVIDIA A100 SXM if you need 80GB+ on a single GPU (32GB more than NVIDIA L40S).
Choose NVIDIA L40S if you need raw FP16 throughput (135% faster than NVIDIA A100 SXM).
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NVIDIA A100 SXM
$1.05/hr
$0.92-$1.18/hr range · 9 regions
VRAM80GB HBM2e
FP1678 TFLOPS
Bandwidth2.0 TB/s
Ada Lovelace
NVIDIA L40S
$0.85/hrCheaper
$0.78-$0.92/hr range · 4 regions
VRAM48GB GDDR6
FP16183 TFLOPS
Bandwidth864 GB/s
At a glance
Spec by spec.
Visual comparison across the four specs that matter most for AI workloads. Green bar marks the winner.
VRAM
NVIDIA A100 SXM
80 GB
NVIDIA L40S
48 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA A100 SXM
2.0 TB/s
NVIDIA L40S
864 GB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA A100 SXM
78 TFLOPS
NVIDIA L40S
183 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA A100 SXM
$1.05/hr
NVIDIA L40S
$0.85/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA A100 SXMNVIDIA L40S
ArchitectureAmpereAda Lovelace
VRAM80 GB●48 GB
Memory TypeHBM2eGDDR6
Memory Bandwidth2.0 TB/s●864 GB/s
FP32 Performance19.5 TFLOPS91.6 TFLOPS●
FP16 Performance78 TFLOPS183 TFLOPS●
INT8 Performance624 TOPS733 TOPS●
TDP400 W350 W
Form FactorSXMPCIe
NVLinkYesNo
Max GPU/Node84
Hourly Price$1.05/hr$0.85/hr●
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