The L40 is newer, with 3x the memory and 93% more bandwidth. The A4000 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on L40
- A4000
- 16 GB
- L40
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
93% higher on L40
- A4000
- 448 GB/s
- L40
- 864 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
70% cheaper on A4000
- A4000
- $0.21 /GPU/hr
- L40
- $0.69 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A4000 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.76 /GPU/hr from $0.21 | $1.06 /GPU/hr from $0.69 | 28% cheaper on A4000 |
| Reserved | $0.25 /GPU/hr from $0.11 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $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 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
A4000 vs L40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A4000 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 16 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 3x more on L40 |
| Bandwidth | 448 GB/s | 864 GB/s | 93% higher on L40 |
| Bus width | 256-bit | 384-bit | 50% wider on L40 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 362 TFLOPS | L40 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 76.7 TFLOPS | 181.1 TFLOPS | 2.4x higher on L40 |
| INT8 | 362 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 19.2 TFLOPS | 90.5 TFLOPS | 4.7x higher on L40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 140 W | 300 W | 2.1x higher on L40 |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q4 2022 | 2 years newer on L40 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A4000 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 | A4000 | L40 |
|---|---|---|
Runpod
USA
|
$0.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.88 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Hyperstack
UK
|
$0.11 /GPU/hr Reserved | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
$1.04 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
TensorDock
Distributed
|
$0.21 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Paperspace
USA
|
$0.76 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Database Mart
USA
|
$0.17 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
Cirrascale
USA
|
$0.28 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.78 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.86 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Oblivus
USA
|
-- | $1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Spheron
Singapore
|
-- | $1.06 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
11 providers list the A4000 and 12 the L40. Every listing is on the A4000 page and the L40 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 4000 Ada
20 GB GDDR6 · 20% less bandwidth than the A4000
On-demand from $0.28 /GPU/hr -
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Our data for Nvidia A4000 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L40 on Sept. 14, 2026.