The L40S is newer and has 13% more bandwidth, with the same 48 GB of memory.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- RTX A6000
- 48 GB
- L40S
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
13% higher on L40S
- RTX A6000
- 768 GB/s
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
5% cheaper on L40S
- RTX A6000
- $0.40 /GPU/hr
- L40S
- $0.38 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | RTX A6000 | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.58 /GPU/hr from $0.40 | $1.50 /GPU/hr from $0.38 | 61% cheaper on RTX A6000 |
| Reserved | $0.54 /GPU/hr from $0.26 (6 mo) | $1.10 /GPU/hr from $0.60 (12 mo) | 51% cheaper on RTX A6000 |
| Spot | $0.34 /GPU/hr from $0.13 | $0.98 /GPU/hr from $0.40 | 66% cheaper on RTX A6000 |
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. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
RTX A6000 vs L40S price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | RTX A6000 | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | Identical |
| 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 | 154.8 TFLOPS | 362.1 TFLOPS | 2.3x higher on L40S |
| INT8 | 309.7 TOPS | 733 TOPS | 2.4x higher on L40S |
| FP32 | 38.7 TFLOPS | 91.6 TFLOPS | 2.4x higher on L40S |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 112 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on RTX A6000 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 350 W | 17% higher on L40S |
| Released | Q4 2020 | Q3 2023 | 3 years newer on L40S |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: RTX A6000 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 | RTX A6000 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
$0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.38 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.67 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Hyperstack
UK
|
$0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Spheron
Singapore
|
$0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Oblivus
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Novita
USA
|
-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Packet·ai
USA
|
-- | $0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand |
22 providers list the RTX A6000 and 40 the L40S. Every listing is on the RTX A6000 page and the L40S page.
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Nvidia H100
80 GB HBM3 · 3.9x the bandwidth of the L40S
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Nvidia A100
80 GB HBM2e · 2.2x the bandwidth of the L40S
From $0.36 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia L40
48 GB GDDR6 · released Q4 2022
From $0.46 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia RTX A6000 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L40S on Sept. 14, 2026.