GPU Comparison
NVIDIA H100 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 H100 SXM if you need 80GB+ on a single GPU (32GB more than NVIDIA L40S).
Choose NVIDIA L40S if you need raw FP16 throughput (53% faster than NVIDIA H100 SXM).
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Hopper
NVIDIA H100 SXM
$1.50/hr
$1.35-$1.65/hr range · 8 regions
VRAM80GB HBM3
FP16120 TFLOPS
Bandwidth3.4 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 H100 SXM
80 GB
NVIDIA L40S
48 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA H100 SXM
3.4 TB/s
NVIDIA L40S
864 GB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA H100 SXM
120 TFLOPS
NVIDIA L40S
183 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA H100 SXM
$1.50/hr
NVIDIA L40S
$0.85/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA H100 SXMNVIDIA L40S
ArchitectureHopperAda Lovelace
VRAM80 GB●48 GB
Memory TypeHBM3GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth3.4 TB/s●864 GB/s
FP32 Performance60 TFLOPS91.6 TFLOPS●
FP16 Performance120 TFLOPS183 TFLOPS●
INT8 Performance2400 TOPS●733 TOPS
TDP700 W350 W
Form FactorSXMPCIe
NVLinkYesNo
Max GPU/Node84
Hourly Price$1.50/hr$0.85/hr●
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