The H100 has 67% more memory and 3.9x the bandwidth. The L40S is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
67% more on H100
- H100
- 80 GB
- L40S
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
3.9x higher on H100
- H100
- 3,350 GB/s
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
78% cheaper on L40S
- H100
- $1.72 /GPU/hr
- L40S
- $0.38 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | H100 | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $3.44 /GPU/hr from $1.72 | $1.28 /GPU/hr from $0.38 | 63% cheaper on L40S |
| Reserved | $3.19 /GPU/hr from $1.53 (1 mo) | $1.04 /GPU/hr from $0.60 (12 mo) | 67% cheaper on L40S |
| Spot | $2.00 /GPU/hr from $1.00 | $0.98 /GPU/hr from $0.53 | 51% cheaper on L40S |
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
H100 vs L40S price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | H100 | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 80 GB HBM3 94 GB on NVL | 48 GB GDDR6 | 67% more on H100 |
| Bandwidth | 3,350 GB/s 2,000 GB/s on PCIe 3,938 GB/s on NVL | 864 GB/s | 3.9x higher on H100 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | 384-bit | 13x wider on H100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 1,979 TFLOPS | 733 TFLOPS | 2.7x higher on H100 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 989.5 TFLOPS | 362.1 TFLOPS | 2.7x higher on H100 |
| INT8 | 1,979 TOPS | 733 TOPS | 2.7x higher on H100 |
| FP32 | 67 TFLOPS | 91.6 TFLOPS | 37% higher on L40S |
| FP64 | 34 TFLOPS | Not supported | H100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 900 GB/s NVLink 600 GB/s on PCIe, NVL | PCIe only | NVLink on H100 only |
| Board power | 700 W | 350 W | 2x higher on H100 |
| Released | Q3 2022 | Q3 2023 | 11 months newer on L40S |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: H100 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 | H100 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$1.73 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | $0.38 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$1.98 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | $0.63 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$2.59 /GPU/hr On-demand NVL | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
$1.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Hyperstack
UK
|
$2.50 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Spheron
Singapore
|
$2.64 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$2.73 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Novita
USA
|
-- | $0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Packet·ai
USA
|
-- | $0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand |
57 providers list the H100 and 39 the L40S. Every listing is on the H100 page and the L40S page.
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Nvidia L40
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From $0.46 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia H100 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L40S on Sept. 14, 2026.