The A100 has 3.3x the memory and 6.5x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
3.3x more on A100
- A100
- 80 GB
- L4
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
6.5x higher on A100
- A100
- 1,935 GB/s
- L4
- 300 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
Within 5%
- A100
- $0.27 /GPU/hr
- L4
- $0.27 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A100 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.80 /GPU/hr from $0.27 | $0.85 /GPU/hr from $0.27 | 53% cheaper on L4 |
| Reserved | $1.60 /GPU/hr from $0.53 (1 mo) | $0.50 /GPU/hr from $0.27 (3 mo) | 69% cheaper on L4 |
| Spot | $0.85 /GPU/hr from $0.14 | $0.41 /GPU/hr from $0.13 | 52% cheaper on L4 |
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. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
A100 vs L4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A100 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 24 GB GDDR6 | 3.3x more on A100 |
| Bandwidth | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 300 GB/s | 6.5x higher on A100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 192-bit | 27x wider on A100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 242 TFLOPS | L4 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 121 TFLOPS | 2.6x higher on A100 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | 242 TOPS | 2.6x higher on A100 |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 30.3 TFLOPS | 55% higher on L4 |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | A100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 600 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A100 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 72 W | 4.2x higher on A100 |
| Released | Q2 2020 | Q1 2023 | 3 years newer on L4 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A100 datasheet and L4 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | A100 | L4 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.27 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.27 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
$1.15 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$1.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Hyperstack
UK
|
$1.40 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
UpCloud
Finland
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Scaleway
France
|
-- | $0.88 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $1.04 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
48 providers list the A100 and 21 the L4. Every listing is on the A100 page and the L4 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L4 on Sept. 14, 2026.