Two Nvidia data center GPUs on the Ampere architecture: 24 GB GDDR6 against 48 GB GDDR6 and 16% more memory bandwidth on the A40.
At a glance
Memory
- A10
- 24 GB
- A40
- 48 GB
2x more on A40
Memory bandwidth
- A10
- 600 GB/s
- A40
- 696 GB/s
1.2x higher on A40
Cheapest on-demand
- A10
- $1.00 /GPU/hr
- A40
- $0.49 /GPU/hr
2x more expensive on A10
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A10 | A40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.42 /GPU/hr from $1.00 | $0.49 /GPU/hr from $0.49 | 2.9x more expensive on A10 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.71 (12 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.61 (24 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.60 | No spot listings |
Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Medians are across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one. No median for reserved and spot on the A10 and reserved on the A40: we only show one when at least 3 providers list the GPU on that billing type. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
A10 vs A40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A10 | A40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on A40 |
| Bandwidth | 600 GB/s | 696 GB/s | 1.2x higher on A40 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 125 TFLOPS | 149.7 TFLOPS | 1.2x higher on A40 |
| INT8 | 250 TOPS | 299.3 TOPS | 1.2x higher on A40 |
| FP32 | 31.2 TFLOPS | 37.4 TFLOPS | 1.2x higher on A40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 150 W | 300 W | 2x higher on A40 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q4 2020 | 6 months newer on A10 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A10 datasheet and A40 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A10 /GPU/hr | A40 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $1.42 | On-Demand $1.21 |
Lambda Labs
|
On-Demand $1.29 | -- |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $1.42 | -- |
OVH
|
On-Demand $1.00 | -- |
Cerebrium
|
On-Demand $1.10 | -- |
Alibaba Cloud
|
On-Demand $1.27 | -- |
Oracle Cloud
|
On-Demand $2.00 | -- |
Azure
|
On-Demand $3.20 | -- |
GPU.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.49 |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.49 |
Exoscale
|
-- | On-Demand $1.05 |
Database Mart
|
-- | Reserved (24mo) $0.61 |
Utho
|
-- | Reserved (36mo) $0.65 |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
-- | On-Demand $1.49 |
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Our data for Nvidia A10 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia A40 on Sept. 7, 2026.