The L40 is newer and has 2x the memory, while the A30 has 8% more bandwidth. The A30 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on L40
- A30
- 24 GB
- L40
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
8% higher on A30
- A30
- 933 GB/s
- L40
- 864 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
47% cheaper on A30
- A30
- $0.41 /GPU/hr
- L40
- $0.78 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A30 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.68 /GPU/hr from $0.41 | $1.06 /GPU/hr from $0.78 | 36% cheaper on A30 |
| Reserved | $0.54 /GPU/hr from $0.38 (12 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.29 | $0.79 /GPU/hr from $0.77 |
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 and reserved on the L40: 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 L40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A30 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB HBM2 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on L40 |
| Bandwidth | 933 GB/s | 864 GB/s | 8% higher on A30 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 362 TFLOPS | L40 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 165 TFLOPS | 181.1 TFLOPS | 10% higher on L40 |
| INT8 | 330 TOPS | 362 TOPS | 10% higher on L40 |
| FP32 | 10.3 TFLOPS | 90.5 TFLOPS | 8.8x higher on L40 |
| FP64 | 5.2 TFLOPS | Not supported | A30 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 165 W | 300 W | 82% higher on L40 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q4 2022 | 2 years newer on L40 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A30 datasheet and L40 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 | L40 |
|---|---|---|
Massed Compute
USA
|
$0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.86 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Leafcloud
Netherlands
|
$0.68 /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 | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.78 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Hyperstack
UK
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Oblivus
USA
|
-- | $1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Spheron
Singapore
|
-- | $1.06 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
8 providers list the A30 and 12 the L40. Every listing is on the A30 page and the L40 page.
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Our data for Nvidia A30 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L40 on Sept. 14, 2026.