A consumer GPU against a data center card, one Pascal and one Ada Lovelace: 11 GB GDDR5X against 48 GB GDDR6 and 79% more memory bandwidth on the L40S.
At a glance
Memory
- GTX 1080 Ti
- 11 GB
- L40S
- 48 GB
4.4x more on L40S
Memory bandwidth
- GTX 1080 Ti
- 484 GB/s
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
1.8x higher on L40S
Cheapest on-demand
- GTX 1080 Ti
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- L40S
- $0.38 /GPU/hr
9.5x more expensive on L40S
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | GTX 1080 Ti | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 | $1.28 /GPU/hr from $0.38 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $1.11 /GPU/hr from $0.60 (12 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.02 | $0.98 /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. No median for on-demand and spot on the GTX 1080 Ti: 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 L40S price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | GTX 1080 Ti | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 11 GB GDDR5X | 48 GB GDDR6 | 4.4x more on L40S |
| Bandwidth | 484 GB/s | 864 GB/s | 1.8x higher on L40S |
| Bus width | 352-bit | 384-bit | 1.1x wider on L40S |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 733 TFLOPS | L40S only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 362.1 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | Not supported | 733 TOPS | L40S only |
| FP32 | 11.3 TFLOPS | 91.6 TFLOPS | 8.1x higher on L40S |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 250 W | 350 W | 1.4x higher on L40S |
| Released | Q1 2017 | Q3 2023 | 6 years newer on L40S |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP16FP32 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: GTX 1080 Ti datasheet and L40S datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | GTX 1080 Ti /GPU/hr | L40S /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Salad
|
On-Demand $0.0400 | -- |
Lium
|
-- | On-Demand $0.38 |
Novita
|
-- | On-Demand $0.55 |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
-- | On-Demand $0.80 |
GPU.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.80 |
Vast.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.80 |
Packet·ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.92 |
Sesterce
|
-- | On-Demand $0.97 |
Massed Compute
|
-- | On-Demand $0.97 |
1 provider list the GTX 1080 Ti and 36 the L40S. Every listing is on the GTX 1080 Ti page and the L40S page.
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Our data for Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia L40S on Sept. 7, 2026.