Nvidia GH200 vs Nvidia L40S

The GH200 has 2x the memory and 4.6x the bandwidth. The L40S is typically cheaper.

At a glance

Memory

2x more on GH200

GH200: 96 GB

L40S: 48 GB

Memory bandwidth

4.6x higher on GH200

GH200: 4,000 GB/s

L40S: 864 GB/s

Cheapest on-demand

76% cheaper on L40S

GH200: $2.29 /GPU/hr

L40S: $0.55 /GPU/hr

Price comparison

Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.

Billing	GH200	L40S	Difference
On-demand	$2.98 /GPU/hr from $2.29	$1.60 /GPU/hr from $0.55	46% cheaper on L40S
Reserved	No reserved listings	$1.10 /GPU/hr from $0.61 (12 mo)
Spot	Sold out	$1.11 /GPU/hr from $0.74

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

GH200 vs L40S price history

Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour

Last 12 months

Aggregating historical prices...

Specs comparison

Spec	GH200	L40S	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	733 TFLOPS	2.7x higher on GH200
FP16 / BF16	989.5 TFLOPS	362.1 TFLOPS	2.7x higher on GH200
INT8	1,979 TOPS	733 TOPS	2.7x higher on GH200
FP32	67 TFLOPS	91.6 TFLOPS	37% higher on L40S
FP64	34 TFLOPS	Not supported	GH200 only
Platform
Interconnect	NVLink 900 GB/s	PCIe only	NVLink on GH200 only
Released	Q2 2023	Q3 2023
Precision
Supported formats	FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8	FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8

Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.

Source: GH200 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	GH200	L40S
Sesterce France	$2.52 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand
Runcrate USA	$2.98 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM	$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe
Lambda Labs USA	$2.29 /GPU/hr On-demand	--
Denvr Canada	$3.87 /GPU/hr On-demand	--
CoreWeave USA	$6.50 /GPU/hr On-demand	--
Vultr USA	$1.99 /GPU/hr Spot	--
Novita USA	--	$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand
GPU.ai UAE	--	$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand
Runpod USA	--	$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand
Packet·ai USA	--	$0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand
Massed Compute USA	--	$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand
UpCloud Finland	--	$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand