A consumer GPU against a data center card, one Kepler and one Ada Lovelace: 2 GB DDR3 against 24 GB GDDR6 and 21x the memory bandwidth on the L4.
At a glance
Memory
- GT 730
- 2 GB
- L4
- 24 GB
12x more on L4
Memory bandwidth
- GT 730
- 14 GB/s
- L4
- 300 GB/s
21x higher on L4
Cheapest on-demand
- GT 730
- --
- L4
- $0.44 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | GT 730 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | No on-demand listings | $0.90 /GPU/hr from $0.44 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $0.53 /GPU/hr from $0.32 (36 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.34 |
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 spot on the L4: 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
GT 730 vs L4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GT 730 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 2 GB DDR3 | 24 GB GDDR6 | 12x more on L4 |
| Bandwidth | 14 GB/s | 300 GB/s | 21x higher on L4 |
| Bus width | 64-bit | 192-bit | 3x wider on L4 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 242 TFLOPS | L4 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | Not supported | 121 TFLOPS | L4 only |
| INT8 | Not supported | 242 TOPS | L4 only |
| FP32 | 0.7 TFLOPS | 30.3 TFLOPS | 44x higher on L4 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 23 W | 72 W | 3.1x higher on L4 |
| Released | Q2 2014 | Q1 2023 | 9 years newer on L4 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP32 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L4 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | GT 730 /GPU/hr | L4 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
GPU.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.44 |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.49 |
UpCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.69 |
Scaleway
|
-- | On-Demand $0.91 |
Sesterce
|
-- | On-Demand $1.04 |
Runcrate
|
-- | On-Demand $1.05 |
Hexabyte
|
-- | On-Demand $0.42 |
Koyeb
|
-- | On-Demand $0.70 |
0 providers list the GT 730 and 18 the L4. Every listing is on the GT 730 page and the L4 page.
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Our data for Nvidia GT 730 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia L4 on Sept. 7, 2026.