GPU Comparison
NVIDIA L40S vs NVIDIA RTX 5090.
Side-by-side comparison of specs, performance, and cloud rental pricing. NVIDIA RTX 5090 is the cheaper option at $0.55/hr.
TL;DR
Choose NVIDIA L40S if you need 48GB+ on a single GPU (16GB more than NVIDIA RTX 5090).
Choose NVIDIA RTX 5090 if you need raw FP16 throughput (37% faster than NVIDIA L40S).
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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
Blackwell
NVIDIA RTX 5090
$0.55/hrCheaper
$0.45-$0.65/hr range · 3 regions
VRAM32GB GDDR7
FP16250 TFLOPS
Bandwidth1.8 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 RTX 5090
32 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA L40S
864 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX 5090
1.8 TB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA L40S
183 TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX 5090
250 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA L40S
$0.85/hr
NVIDIA RTX 5090
$0.55/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA L40SNVIDIA RTX 5090
ArchitectureAda LovelaceBlackwell
VRAM48 GB●32 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR7
Memory Bandwidth864 GB/s1.8 TB/s●
FP32 Performance91.6 TFLOPS125 TFLOPS●
FP16 Performance183 TFLOPS250 TFLOPS●
INT8 Performance733 TOPS1000 TOPS●
TDP350 W575 W
Form FactorPCIeConsumer
NVLinkNoNo
Max GPU/Node42
Hourly Price$0.85/hr$0.55/hr●
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