GPU Comparison
NVIDIA L40S vs NVIDIA A100 SXM.
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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Ada Lovelace
NVIDIA L40S
$0.85/hrCheaper
$0.78-$0.92/hr range · 4 regions
VRAM48GB GDDR6
FP16183 TFLOPS
Bandwidth864 GB/s
Ampere
NVIDIA A100 SXM
$1.05/hr
$0.92-$1.18/hr range · 9 regions
VRAM80GB HBM2e
FP1678 TFLOPS
Bandwidth2.0 TB/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 L40S
48 GB
NVIDIA A100 SXM
80 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA L40S
864 GB/s
NVIDIA A100 SXM
2.0 TB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA L40S
183 TFLOPS
NVIDIA A100 SXM
78 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA L40S
$0.85/hr
NVIDIA A100 SXM
$1.05/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA L40SNVIDIA A100 SXM
ArchitectureAda LovelaceAmpere
VRAM48 GB80 GB●
Memory TypeGDDR6HBM2e
Memory Bandwidth864 GB/s2.0 TB/s●
FP32 Performance91.6 TFLOPS●19.5 TFLOPS
FP16 Performance183 TFLOPS●78 TFLOPS
INT8 Performance733 TOPS●624 TOPS
TDP350 W400 W
Form FactorPCIeSXM
NVLinkNoYes
Max GPU/Node48
Hourly Price$0.85/hr●$1.05/hr
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