A10 vs L40S
The L40S offers 48GB with FP8, while the A10 has 24GB without FP8. Choose L40S for larger models and FP8, A10 for lower cost.
Overview
Nvidia A10
The Nvidia A10 is a data center GPU on the Ampere architecture, released Q2 2021, with 24 GB GDDR6 and 600 GB/s memory bandwidth.
Nvidia L40S
The Nvidia L40S is a data center GPU on the Ada Lovelace architecture, released Q3 2023, with 48 GB GDDR6 and 864 GB/s memory bandwidth.
Memory per GPU
2x more on L40S
A10
L40S
Memory bandwidth
1.4x higher on L40S
A10
L40S
GPU interconnect
A10
L40S
Peak performance (FP16)
2.9x higher on L40S
A10
L40S
Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
FP16 per watt
1.2x higher on L40S
A10
L40S
Board power
2.3x higher on L40S
A10
L40S
Precision support
A10
L40S
Highlighted formats are supported by only one of the two.
Architecture
A10
L40S
Released
2 years newer on L40S
A10
L40S
Source: A10 datasheet and L40S datasheet.
Price comparison
Cheapest on-demand
2.7x higher on L40S
A10
L40S
Typical rate
1.1x higher on L40S
A10
L40S
Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Spot floor
1.5x higher on A10
A10
L40S
Providers listing it
25 more on L40S
A10
L40S
Price, last 90 days
A10
L40S
Change in the market-wide median, which moves when providers reprice and when cheaper or more expensive listings enter the market.
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. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Offers and availability
How this list works
Order
Each provider appears once per GPU. We pick the one configuration that speaks for that provider, and rank on it in this order:
- Availability: in stock, then waitlist, then not reported, then out of stock. A price you can act on outranks a cheaper one you cannot.
- Billing type: on-demand first, then reserved, then spot, then quote-only. On-demand leads because it is the only rate you can hold without committing to anything.
- Price: the lowest per-GPU hourly rate the provider lists, converted to USD.
The configuration we pick is chosen the same way, availability before billing before price. The rest of that provider's configurations are on the GPU's own page.
Ties sort alphabetically. Reserved rates are not separated by term length, so a three-year commitment can sit above a one-month one: the label beneath each price says which you are looking at. Providers who publish no rate are listed last within their group.
Transparency and funding
- Ads and sponsors: Paid placements sit at the top of the list and are always labeled as sponsored content. Sponsorship never influences the organic ranking itself.
- Affiliates: Affiliate links are marked. We may earn a commission if you click them, but commissions never affect the order.
- Prices: Shown in USD, converted at daily reference rates where a provider publishes in another currency. A month means 720 hours. How we estimate costs.
A10 Offers
4 of 9 providers report available stock.
L40S Offers
13 of 34 providers report available stock.
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Our data for Nvidia A10 was last updated on Sept. 3, 2026, and for Nvidia L40S on Sept. 3, 2026.