The L40S is newer, with 2x the memory and 44% more bandwidth. The two typically cost about the same.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on L40S
- A10
- 24 GB
- L40S
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
44% higher on L40S
- A10
- 600 GB/s
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
45% cheaper on L40S
- A10
- $1.00 /GPU/hr
- L40S
- $0.55 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A10 | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.55 /GPU/hr from $1.00 | $1.57 /GPU/hr from $0.55 | Within 5% |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.71 (12 mo) | $1.09 /GPU/hr from $0.60 (12 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.59 | $1.10 /GPU/hr from $0.74 |
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: 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 L40S price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A10 | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on L40S |
| Bandwidth | 600 GB/s | 864 GB/s | 44% higher on L40S |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 733 TFLOPS | L40S only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 125 TFLOPS | 362.1 TFLOPS | 2.9x higher on L40S |
| INT8 | 250 TOPS | 733 TOPS | 2.9x higher on L40S |
| FP32 | 31.2 TFLOPS | 91.6 TFLOPS | 2.9x higher on L40S |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 150 W | 350 W | 2.3x higher on L40S |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q3 2023 | 2 years newer on L40S |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A10 datasheet and L40S datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | A10 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
Sesterce
France
|
$1.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
$1.68 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | $1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Lambda Labs
USA
|
$1.29 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
OVH
France
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Cerebrium
USA
|
$1.10 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Alibaba Cloud
China
|
$1.27 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Oracle Cloud
USA
|
$2.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Azure
USA
|
$3.20 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Novita
USA
|
-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand |
UpCloud
Finland
|
-- | $1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lyceum
Germany
|
-- | $1.45 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Crusoe
USA
|
-- | $1.50 /GPU/hr On-demand |
8 providers list the A10 and 37 the L40S. Every listing is on the A10 page and the L40S page.
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Our data for Nvidia A10 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L40S on Sept. 14, 2026.