The GH200 has 2x the memory and 4.6x the bandwidth. The L40 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on GH200
- GH200
- 96 GB
- L40
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
4.6x higher on GH200
- GH200
- 4,000 GB/s
- L40
- 864 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
88% cheaper on L40
- GH200
- $3.87 /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 | GH200 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $3.87 | $1.05 /GPU/hr from $0.46 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | |
| Spot | Sold out | $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 GH200 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
GH200 vs L40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GH200 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 96 GB HBM3 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on GH200 |
| Bandwidth | 4,000 GB/s | 864 GB/s | 4.6x higher on GH200 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 1,979 TFLOPS | 362 TFLOPS | 5.5x higher on GH200 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 989.5 TFLOPS | 181.1 TFLOPS | 5.5x higher on GH200 |
| INT8 | 1,979 TOPS | 362 TOPS | 5.5x higher on GH200 |
| FP32 | 67 TFLOPS | 90.5 TFLOPS | 35% higher on L40 |
| FP64 | 34 TFLOPS | Not supported | GH200 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 900 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on GH200 only |
| Released | Q2 2023 | Q4 2022 | 7 months newer on GH200 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GH200 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 | GH200 | L40 |
|---|---|---|
Sesterce
France
|
$2.52 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Denvr
Canada
|
$3.87 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
CoreWeave
USA
|
$6.50 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lambda Labs
USA
|
$2.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Vultr
USA
|
$1.99 /GPU/hr Spot | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
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 |
5 providers list the GH200 and 13 the L40. Every listing is on the GH200 page and the L40 page.
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Nvidia H200
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AMD MI300X
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Nvidia A100
80 GB HBM2e · 2.2x the bandwidth of the L40
From $0.37 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia L40S
48 GB GDDR6 · released Q3 2023
From $0.54 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia GH200 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L40 on Sept. 14, 2026.