The A30 is newer and has 2.7x the bandwidth, with the same 24 GB of memory.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- A30
- 24 GB
- P40
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.7x higher on A30
- A30
- 933 GB/s
- P40
- 346 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- A30
- $0.41 /GPU/hr
- P40
- --
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A30 | P40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.68 /GPU/hr from $0.41 | No on-demand listings | |
| Reserved | $0.54 /GPU/hr from $0.38 (12 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.29 | No spot listings |
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 P40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A30 | P40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB HBM2 | 24 GB GDDR5 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 933 GB/s | 346 GB/s | 2.7x higher on A30 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 165 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | 330 TOPS | 47 TOPS | 7x higher on A30 |
| FP32 | 10.3 TFLOPS | 12 TFLOPS | 17% higher on P40 |
| FP64 | 5.2 TFLOPS | Not supported | A30 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 165 W | 250 W | 52% higher on P40 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q3 2016 | 5 years newer on A30 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A30 datasheet and P40 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. No provider we track offers both right now.
| Provider | A30 | P40 |
|---|---|---|
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 | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
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Our data for Nvidia A30 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia P40 on Sept. 14, 2026.