Two Nvidia data center GPUs, one Grace Blackwell and one Ada Lovelace: 186 GB HBM3e against 48 GB GDDR6, 9.3x the memory bandwidth on the GB200, and NVLink 1,800 GB/s on the GB200 where the L40 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- GB200
- 186 GB
- L40
- 48 GB
3.9x more on GB200
Memory bandwidth
- GB200
- 8,000 GB/s
- L40
- 864 GB/s
9.3x higher on GB200
Cheapest on-demand
- GB200
- $10.50 /GPU/hr
- L40
- $0.79 /GPU/hr
13x more expensive on GB200
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | GB200 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $16.00 /GPU/hr from $10.50 | $1.05 /GPU/hr from $0.79 | 15x more expensive on GB200 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $10.58 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $27.04 | $0.80 /GPU/hr from $0.78 |
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 GB200 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
GB200 vs L40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GB200 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 186 GB HBM3e | 48 GB GDDR6 | 3.9x more on GB200 |
| Bandwidth | 8,000 GB/s | 864 GB/s | 9.3x higher on GB200 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | 10,000 TFLOPS | Not supported | GB200 only |
| FP8 | 5,000 TFLOPS | 362 TFLOPS | 14x higher on GB200 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 2,500 TFLOPS | 181.1 TFLOPS | 14x higher on GB200 |
| INT8 | 5,000 TOPS | 362 TOPS | 14x higher on GB200 |
| FP32 | 80 TFLOPS | 90.5 TFLOPS | 1.1x higher on L40 |
| FP64 | 40 TFLOPS | Not supported | GB200 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 1,800 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on GB200 only |
| Board power | 1,200 W | 300 W | 4x higher on GB200 |
| Released | Q1 2024 | Q4 2022 | 17 months newer on GB200 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP4FP6FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GB200 datasheet and L40 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | GB200 /GPU/hr | L40 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
CoreWeave
|
On-Demand $10.50 | On-Demand $1.25 |
Oracle Cloud
|
On-Demand $16.00 | -- |
Azure
|
On-Demand $27.04 | -- |
AWS
|
Reservation $10.58 | -- |
CUDO
|
Custom on request | -- |
Canopy Wave
|
Custom on request | -- |
Nebius
|
Custom on request | -- |
Together AI
|
Custom on request | -- |
Thunder Compute
|
-- | On-Demand $0.79 |
Runcrate
|
-- | On-Demand $0.97 |
Oblivus
|
-- | On-Demand $1.05 |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
-- | On-Demand $1.50 |
Spheron
|
-- | Spot $0.88 |
Hyperstack
|
-- | On-Demand $1.00 |
TensorDock
|
-- | On-Demand $1.06 |
8 providers list the GB200 and 12 the L40. Every listing is on the GB200 page and the L40 page.
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Our data for Nvidia GB200 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia L40 on Sept. 7, 2026.