The L40 is newer, with 4.4x the memory and 79% more bandwidth. The GTX 1080 Ti is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
4.4x more on L40
- GTX 1080 Ti
- 11 GB
- L40
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
79% higher on L40
- GTX 1080 Ti
- 484 GB/s
- L40
- 864 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
91% cheaper on GTX 1080 Ti
- GTX 1080 Ti
- $0.04 /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 | GTX 1080 Ti | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 | $1.00 /GPU/hr from $0.46 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.01 | $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 and spot on the GTX 1080 Ti 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
GTX 1080 Ti vs L40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1080 Ti | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 11 GB GDDR5X | 48 GB GDDR6 | 4.4x more on L40 |
| Bandwidth | 484 GB/s | 864 GB/s | 79% higher on L40 |
| Bus width | 352-bit | 384-bit | 9% wider on L40 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 362 TFLOPS | L40 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 181.1 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | Not supported | 362 TOPS | L40 only |
| FP32 | 11.3 TFLOPS | 90.5 TFLOPS | 8x higher on L40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 250 W | 300 W | 20% higher on L40 |
| Released | Q1 2017 | Q4 2022 | 6 years newer on L40 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GTX 1080 Ti 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 | GTX 1080 Ti | L40 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.0411 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
$0.0400 /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 |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Hyperstack
UK
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
-- | $1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
2 providers list the GTX 1080 Ti and 13 the L40. Every listing is on the GTX 1080 Ti page and the L40 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia RTX 3090
24 GB GDDR6X · 93% more bandwidth than the GTX 1080 Ti
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Nvidia RTX 3060
12 GB GDDR6 · 26% less bandwidth than the GTX 1080 Ti
From $0.05 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 2080 Ti
11 GB GDDR6 · 27% more bandwidth than the GTX 1080 Ti
From $0.08 /GPU/hr Compare
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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 $0.55 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L40 on Sept. 14, 2026.