The A800 has 80% more bandwidth, while the L40 has 20% more memory. The L40 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
20% more on L40
- A800
- 40 GB
- L40
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
80% higher on A800
- A800
- 1,555 GB/s
- L40
- 864 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
61% cheaper on L40
- A800
- $1.18 /GPU/hr
- L40
- $0.46 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | A800 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $1.18 | $1.05 /GPU/hr from $0.46 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.78 /GPU/hr from $0.40 |
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 on the A800 and 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
A800 vs L40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | A800 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 40 GB HBM2 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 20% more on L40 |
| Bandwidth | 1,555 GB/s | 864 GB/s | 80% higher on A800 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 384-bit | 13x wider on A800 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 362 TFLOPS | L40 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 312 TFLOPS | 181.1 TFLOPS | 72% higher on A800 |
| INT8 | 623.5 TOPS | 362 TOPS | 72% higher on A800 |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | 90.5 TFLOPS | 4.6x higher on L40 |
| FP64 | 9.7 TFLOPS | Not supported | A800 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 400 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on A800 only |
| Board power | 240 W | 300 W | 25% higher on L40 |
| Released | Q4 2022 | Q4 2022 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: A800 datasheet and L40 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 | A800 | L40 |
|---|---|---|
GPUhub
Singapore
|
$1.18 /GPU/hr On-demand NVL | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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 |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Hyperstack
UK
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Oblivus
USA
|
-- | $1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
1 provider list the A800 and 13 the L40. Every listing is on the A800 page and the L40 page.
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Nvidia L40S
48 GB GDDR6 · released Q3 2023
From $0.38 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia A800 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L40 on Sept. 14, 2026.