The L40S is newer, with 2x the memory and 13% more bandwidth. The A5000 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on L40S
- A5000
- 24 GB
- L40S
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
13% higher on L40S
- A5000
- 768 GB/s
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
58% cheaper on A5000
- A5000
- $0.23 /GPU/hr
- L40S
- $0.55 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A5000 | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.24 /GPU/hr from $0.23 | $1.40 /GPU/hr from $0.55 | 12% cheaper on A5000 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.25 (24 mo) | $1.17 /GPU/hr from $0.60 (12 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.09 | $0.98 /GPU/hr from $0.74 |
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 and spot on the A5000: 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
A5000 vs L40S price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A5000 | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on L40S |
| Bandwidth | 768 GB/s | 864 GB/s | 13% higher on L40S |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 733 TFLOPS | L40S only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 111.1 TFLOPS | 362.1 TFLOPS | 3.3x higher on L40S |
| INT8 | 733 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 27.8 TFLOPS | 91.6 TFLOPS | 3.3x higher on L40S |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A5000 only |
| Board power | 230 W | 350 W | 52% higher on L40S |
| Released | Q2 2021 | Q3 2023 | 2 years newer on L40S |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A5000 datasheet and L40S datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | A5000 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.23 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.27 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
$1.56 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
$1.85 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | $1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Exoscale
Switzerland
|
$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Paperspace
USA
|
$1.38 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Database Mart
USA
|
$0.25 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
Novita
USA
|
-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Packet·ai
USA
|
-- | $0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand |
11 providers list the A5000 and 39 the L40S. Every listing is on the A5000 page and the L40S page.
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Nvidia A4000
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Nvidia H100
80 GB HBM3 · 3.9x the bandwidth of the L40S
From $1.60 /GPU/hr Compare
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Our data for Nvidia A5000 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L40S on Sept. 14, 2026.