GPU Comparison
NVIDIA L40S vs NVIDIA A40.
Side-by-side comparison of specs, performance, and cloud rental pricing. NVIDIA A40 is the cheaper option at $0.75/hr.
TL;DR
Choose NVIDIA L40S if you need raw FP16 throughput (145% faster than NVIDIA A40).
Choose NVIDIA A40 if you want the Ampere architecture or PCIe form factor.
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Ada Lovelace
NVIDIA L40S
$0.85/hr
$0.78-$0.92/hr range · 4 regions
VRAM48GB GDDR6
FP16183 TFLOPS
Bandwidth864 GB/s
Ampere
NVIDIA A40
$0.75/hrCheaper
$0.65-$0.85/hr range · 4 regions
VRAM48GB GDDR6
FP1674.8 TFLOPS
Bandwidth696 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 L40S
48 GB
NVIDIA A40
48 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA L40S
864 GB/s
NVIDIA A40
696 GB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA L40S
183 TFLOPS
NVIDIA A40
74.8 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA L40S
$0.85/hr
NVIDIA A40
$0.75/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA L40SNVIDIA A40
ArchitectureAda LovelaceAmpere
VRAM48 GB●48 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth864 GB/s●696 GB/s
FP32 Performance91.6 TFLOPS●37.4 TFLOPS
FP16 Performance183 TFLOPS●74.8 TFLOPS
INT8 Performance733 TOPS●299 TOPS
TDP350 W300 W
Form FactorPCIePCIe
NVLinkNoNo
Max GPU/Node44
Hourly Price$0.85/hr$0.75/hr●
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