GPU Comparison

NVIDIA L40S vs NVIDIA H100 PCIe.

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 PCIe if you need 80GB+ on a single GPU (32GB more than NVIDIA L40S).

Choose NVIDIA L40S if you need raw FP16 throughput (79% faster than NVIDIA H100 PCIe).

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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
Deploy NVIDIA L40SFull pricing details
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Hopper

NVIDIA H100 PCIe

$1.40/hr

$1.25-$1.55/hr range · 8 regions

VRAM80GB HBM3
FP16102 TFLOPS
Bandwidth2.0 TB/s
Deploy NVIDIA H100 PCIeFull pricing details

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 H100 PCIe
80 GB

Memory Bandwidth

NVIDIA L40S
864 GB/s
NVIDIA H100 PCIe
2.0 TB/s

FP16 Performance

NVIDIA L40S
183 TFLOPS
NVIDIA H100 PCIe
102 TFLOPS

Hourly Price

NVIDIA L40S
$0.85/hr
NVIDIA H100 PCIe
$1.40/hr

Full specs

Complete spec sheet.

SpecNVIDIA L40SNVIDIA H100 PCIe
ArchitectureAda LovelaceHopper
VRAM48 GB80 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6HBM3
Memory Bandwidth864 GB/s2.0 TB/s
FP32 Performance91.6 TFLOPS51 TFLOPS
FP16 Performance183 TFLOPS102 TFLOPS
INT8 Performance733 TOPS2040 TOPS
TDP350 W350 W
Form FactorPCIePCIe
NVLinkNoNo
Max GPU/Node44
Hourly Price$0.85/hr$1.40/hr

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