The B200 has 3.8x the memory and 8.9x the bandwidth. The L40S is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
3.8x more on B200
- B200
- 180 GB
- L40S
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
8.9x higher on B200
- B200
- 7,700 GB/s
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
86% cheaper on L40S
- B200
- $3.75 /GPU/hr
- L40S
- $0.54 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | B200 | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $6.49 /GPU/hr from $3.75 | $1.64 /GPU/hr from $0.54 | 75% cheaper on L40S |
| Reserved | $5.62 /GPU/hr from $3.75 | $1.10 /GPU/hr from $0.49 (6 mo) | 80% cheaper on L40S |
| Spot | $4.26 /GPU/hr from $2.40 | $0.98 /GPU/hr from $0.34 | 77% cheaper on L40S |
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
B200 vs L40S price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | B200 | L40S | 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 | 733 TFLOPS | 6.1x higher on B200 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 2,250 TFLOPS | 362.1 TFLOPS | 6.2x higher on B200 |
| INT8 | 4,500 TOPS | 733 TOPS | 6.1x higher on B200 |
| FP32 | 75 TFLOPS | 91.6 TFLOPS | 22% higher on L40S |
| 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 | 350 W | 2.9x higher on B200 |
| Released | Q1 2024 | Q3 2023 | 7 months newer on B200 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP4FP6FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: B200 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 | B200 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
Packet·ai
USA
|
$3.75 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
$6.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$7.50 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.67 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lyceum
Germany
|
$6.49 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
$5.40 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Verda
Finland
|
$6.99 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$10.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Impossible Cloud
Germany
|
$8.42 /GPU/hr Reserved SXM | -- |
Novita
USA
|
-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand |
UpCloud
Finland
|
-- | $1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand |
40 providers list the B200 and 39 the L40S. Every listing is on the B200 page and the L40S page.
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Nvidia H200
141 GB HBM3e · 38% less bandwidth than the B200
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Nvidia A100
80 GB HBM2e · 2.2x the bandwidth of the L40S
From $0.39 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia B200 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L40S on Sept. 14, 2026.