GPU Comparison
NVIDIA B200 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 B200 if you need 192GB+ on a single GPU (144GB more than NVIDIA L40S).
Choose NVIDIA L40S if cost is the priority (75% cheaper).
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Blackwell
NVIDIA B200
$3.40/hr
$3.20-$3.60/hr range · 4 regions
VRAM192GB HBM3e
FP16180 TFLOPS
Bandwidth8.0 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 B200
192 GB
NVIDIA L40S
48 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA B200
8.0 TB/s
NVIDIA L40S
864 GB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA B200
180 TFLOPS
NVIDIA L40S
183 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA B200
$3.40/hr
NVIDIA L40S
$0.85/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA B200NVIDIA L40S
ArchitectureBlackwellAda Lovelace
VRAM192 GB●48 GB
Memory TypeHBM3eGDDR6
Memory Bandwidth8.0 TB/s●864 GB/s
FP32 Performance90 TFLOPS91.6 TFLOPS●
FP16 Performance180 TFLOPS183 TFLOPS●
INT8 Performance3600 TOPS●733 TOPS
TDP1000 W350 W
Form FactorSXMPCIe
NVLinkYesNo
Max GPU/Node84
Hourly Price$3.40/hr$0.85/hr●
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