A data center GPU against a consumer card, one Ampere and one Pascal: 48 GB GDDR6 against 8 GB GDDR5 and 2.7x the memory bandwidth on the A40.
At a glance
Memory
- A40
- 48 GB
- GTX 1070
- 8 GB
6x more on A40
Memory bandwidth
- A40
- 696 GB/s
- GTX 1070
- 256 GB/s
2.7x higher on A40
Cheapest on-demand
- A40
- $1.05 /GPU/hr
- GTX 1070
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
26x more expensive on A40
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A40 | GTX 1070 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $1.05 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.61 (24 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.02 |
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 on-demand and reserved on the A40 and on-demand and spot on the GTX 1070: 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
A40 vs GTX 1070 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A40 | GTX 1070 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR5 | 6x more on A40 |
| Bandwidth | 696 GB/s | 256 GB/s | 2.7x higher on A40 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 1.5x wider on A40 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP16 / BF16 | 149.7 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | 299.3 TOPS | Not supported | A40 only |
| FP32 | 37.4 TFLOPS | 6.5 TFLOPS | 5.8x higher on A40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 300 W | 150 W | 2x higher on A40 |
| Released | Q4 2020 | Q2 2016 | 4 years newer on A40 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A40 datasheet and GTX 1070 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | A40 /GPU/hr | GTX 1070 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Exoscale
|
On-Demand $1.05 | -- |
Database Mart
|
Reserved (24mo) $0.61 | -- |
Utho
|
Reserved (36mo) $0.65 | -- |
Runpod
|
Reservation on request | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $1.21 | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
On-Demand $1.49 | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.0400 |
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Our data for Nvidia A40 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia GTX 1070 on Sept. 7, 2026.