The B200 is newer, with 3.8x the memory and 8.9x the bandwidth. The L40 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
3.8x more on B200
- B200
- 180 GB
- L40
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
8.9x higher on B200
- B200
- 7,700 GB/s
- L40
- 864 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
88% cheaper on L40
- B200
- $3.75 /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 | B200 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $6.25 /GPU/hr from $3.75 | $1.05 /GPU/hr from $0.46 | 83% cheaper on L40 |
| Reserved | $5.49 /GPU/hr from $3.75 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | |
| Spot | $4.78 /GPU/hr from $4.18 | $0.78 /GPU/hr from $0.40 | 84% cheaper on L40 |
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
B200 vs L40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | B200 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 180 GB HBM3e | 48 GB GDDR6 | 3.8x more on B200 |
| Bandwidth | 7,700 GB/s | 864 GB/s | 8.9x higher on B200 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | 9,000 TFLOPS | Not supported | B200 only |
| FP8 | 4,500 TFLOPS | 362 TFLOPS | 12x higher on B200 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 2,250 TFLOPS | 181.1 TFLOPS | 12x higher on B200 |
| INT8 | 4,500 TOPS | 362 TOPS | 12x higher on B200 |
| FP32 | 75 TFLOPS | 90.5 TFLOPS | 21% higher on L40 |
| FP64 | 37 TFLOPS | Not supported | B200 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 1,800 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on B200 only |
| Board power | 1,000 W | 300 W | 3.3x higher on B200 |
| Released | Q1 2024 | Q4 2022 | 17 months newer on B200 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP4FP6FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: B200 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 | B200 | L40 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$6.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$6.79 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.78 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Spheron
Singapore
|
$5.34 /GPU/hr Spot SXM | $1.06 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Packet·ai
USA
|
$3.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
$5.19 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$10.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Impossible Cloud
Germany
|
$8.42 /GPU/hr Reserved SXM | -- |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.86 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Hyperstack
UK
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Oblivus
USA
|
-- | $1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
40 providers list the B200 and 13 the L40. Every listing is on the B200 page and the L40 page.
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Nvidia H200
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Nvidia A100
80 GB HBM2e · 2.2x the bandwidth of the L40
From $0.40 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia L40S
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Our data for Nvidia B200 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L40 on Sept. 14, 2026.