GPU Comparison
NVIDIA L40S vs NVIDIA RTX 3090.
Side-by-side comparison of specs, performance, and cloud rental pricing. NVIDIA RTX 3090 is the cheaper option at $0.22/hr.
TL;DR
Choose NVIDIA L40S if you need 48GB+ on a single GPU (24GB more than NVIDIA RTX 3090).
Choose NVIDIA L40S if you need raw FP16 throughput (158% faster than NVIDIA RTX 3090).
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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 RTX 3090
$0.22/hrCheaper
$0.12-$0.28/hr range · 4 regions
VRAM24GB GDDR6X
FP1671 TFLOPS
Bandwidth936 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 RTX 3090
24 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA L40S
864 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 3090
936 GB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA L40S
183 TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX 3090
71 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA L40S
$0.85/hr
NVIDIA RTX 3090
$0.22/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA L40SNVIDIA RTX 3090
ArchitectureAda LovelaceAmpere
VRAM48 GB●24 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6X
Memory Bandwidth864 GB/s936 GB/s●
FP32 Performance91.6 TFLOPS●35.6 TFLOPS
FP16 Performance183 TFLOPS●71 TFLOPS
INT8 Performance733 TOPS●284 TOPS
TDP350 W350 W
Form FactorPCIeConsumer
NVLinkNoYes
Max GPU/Node42
Hourly Price$0.85/hr$0.22/hr●
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