The A30 has 3.1x the bandwidth, with the same 24 GB of memory.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- A30
- 24 GB
- L4
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
3.1x higher on A30
- A30
- 933 GB/s
- L4
- 300 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
34% cheaper on L4
- A30
- $0.41 /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 | A30 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.69 /GPU/hr from $0.41 | $0.88 /GPU/hr from $0.27 | 21% cheaper on A30 |
| Reserved | $0.58 /GPU/hr from $0.38 (12 mo) | $0.52 /GPU/hr from $0.32 (36 mo) | 11% cheaper on L4 |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.29 | $0.29 /GPU/hr from $0.13 |
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 spot on the A30: 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
A30 vs L4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A30 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB HBM2 | 24 GB GDDR6 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 933 GB/s | 300 GB/s | 3.1x higher on A30 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 242 TFLOPS | L4 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 165 TFLOPS | 121 TFLOPS | 36% higher on A30 |
| INT8 | 330 TOPS | 242 TOPS | 36% higher on A30 |
| FP32 | 10.3 TFLOPS | 30.3 TFLOPS | 2.9x higher on L4 |
| FP64 | 5.2 TFLOPS | Not supported | A30 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 165 W | 72 W | 2.3x higher on A30 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q1 2023 | 2 years newer on L4 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A30 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 | A30 | L4 |
|---|---|---|
Jarvislabs
India
|
$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.04 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Leafcloud
Netherlands
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Exoscale
Switzerland
|
$0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Leaseweb
Netherlands
|
$0.45 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
AceCloud
India
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.27 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.27 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Scaleway
France
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $1.23 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Hexabyte
Sweden
|
-- | $0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand |
8 providers list the A30 and 21 the L4. Every listing is on the A30 page and the L4 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A30 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L4 on Sept. 14, 2026.