GPU Comparison
NVIDIA L40S vs NVIDIA RTX A6000.
Side-by-side comparison of specs, performance, and cloud rental pricing. NVIDIA RTX A6000 is the cheaper option at $0.70/hr.
TL;DR
Choose NVIDIA L40S if you need raw FP16 throughput (136% faster than NVIDIA RTX A6000).
Choose NVIDIA RTX A6000 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 RTX A6000
$0.70/hrCheaper
$0.60-$0.80/hr range · 4 regions
VRAM48GB GDDR6
FP1677.4 TFLOPS
Bandwidth768 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 A6000
48 GB
Memory Bandwidth
NVIDIA L40S
864 GB/s
NVIDIA RTX A6000
768 GB/s
FP16 Performance
NVIDIA L40S
183 TFLOPS
NVIDIA RTX A6000
77.4 TFLOPS
Hourly Price
NVIDIA L40S
$0.85/hr
NVIDIA RTX A6000
$0.70/hr
Full specs
Complete spec sheet.
SpecNVIDIA L40SNVIDIA RTX A6000
ArchitectureAda LovelaceAmpere
VRAM48 GB●48 GB
Memory TypeGDDR6GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth864 GB/s●768 GB/s
FP32 Performance91.6 TFLOPS●38.7 TFLOPS
FP16 Performance183 TFLOPS●77.4 TFLOPS
INT8 Performance733 TOPS●310 TOPS
TDP350 W300 W
Form FactorPCIePCIe
NVLinkNoYes
Max GPU/Node42
Hourly Price$0.85/hr$0.70/hr●
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