A consumer GPU against a data center card, one Kepler and one Ada Lovelace: 2 GB DDR3 against 48 GB GDDR6 and 62x the memory bandwidth on the L40S.
At a glance
Memory
- GT 730
- 2 GB
- L40S
- 48 GB
24x more on L40S
Memory bandwidth
- GT 730
- 14 GB/s
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
62x higher on L40S
Cheapest on-demand
- GT 730
- --
- L40S
- $0.38 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | GT 730 | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | No on-demand listings | $1.50 /GPU/hr from $0.38 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $1.11 /GPU/hr from $0.60 (12 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $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
GT 730 vs L40S price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GT 730 | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 2 GB DDR3 | 48 GB GDDR6 | 24x more on L40S |
| Bandwidth | 14 GB/s | 864 GB/s | 62x higher on L40S |
| Bus width | 64-bit | 384-bit | 6x wider on L40S |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 733 TFLOPS | L40S only |
| FP16 / BF16 | Not supported | 362.1 TFLOPS | L40S only |
| INT8 | Not supported | 733 TOPS | L40S only |
| FP32 | 0.7 TFLOPS | 91.6 TFLOPS | 133x higher on L40S |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 23 W | 350 W | 15x higher on L40S |
| Released | Q2 2014 | Q3 2023 | 9 years newer on L40S |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP32 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L40S 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 | L40S /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Lium
|
-- | On-Demand $0.38 |
Novita
|
-- | On-Demand $0.55 |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
-- | On-Demand $0.80 |
GPU.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.80 |
Packet·ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.92 |
Sesterce
|
-- | On-Demand $0.97 |
Massed Compute
|
-- | On-Demand $0.97 |
Runcrate
|
-- | On-Demand $0.97 |
0 providers list the GT 730 and 35 the L40S. Every listing is on the GT 730 page and the L40S page.
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Our data for Nvidia GT 730 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia L40S on Sept. 7, 2026.