Nvidia H100 vs Nvidia L40S

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

69% cheaper on L40S

H100: $1.79 /GPU/hr

L40S: $0.55 /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	$3.74 /GPU/hr from $1.79	$1.64 /GPU/hr from $0.55	56% cheaper on L40S
Reserved	$3.32 /GPU/hr from $1.53 (1 mo)	$1.09 /GPU/hr from $0.61 (12 mo)	67% cheaper on L40S
Spot	$2.33 /GPU/hr from $1.29	$1.10 /GPU/hr from $0.74	53% 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

Last 12 months

Aggregating historical prices...

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
GPU.ai UAE	$1.98 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe	$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand
Sesterce France	$2.75 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand
Massed Compute USA	$2.73 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand
Lium Distributed	$1.79 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM	--
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	--
Scaleway France	$3.21 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe	--
Novita USA	--	$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand
Packet·ai USA	--	$0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand
Runpod USA	--	$1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand
Runcrate USA	--	$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe
UpCloud Finland	--	$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand