The H200 is newer, with 2.9x the memory and 5.6x the bandwidth. The L40 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
2.9x more on H200
- H200
- 141 GB
- L40
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
5.6x higher on H200
- H200
- 4,800 GB/s
- L40
- 864 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
78% cheaper on L40
- H200
- $2.09 /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 | H200 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $4.48 /GPU/hr from $2.09 | $1.00 /GPU/hr from $0.46 | 78% cheaper on L40 |
| Reserved | $3.85 /GPU/hr from $2.23 (1 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | |
| Spot | $2.62 /GPU/hr from $1.34 | $0.79 /GPU/hr from $0.40 | 70% cheaper on L40 |
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 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
H200 vs L40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | H200 | L40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 141 GB HBM3e | 48 GB GDDR6 | 2.9x more on H200 |
| Bandwidth | 4,800 GB/s | 864 GB/s | 5.6x higher on H200 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 1,979 TFLOPS | 362 TFLOPS | 5.5x higher on H200 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 989.5 TFLOPS | 181.1 TFLOPS | 5.5x higher on H200 |
| INT8 | 1,979 TOPS | 362 TOPS | 5.5x higher on H200 |
| FP32 | 67 TFLOPS | 90.5 TFLOPS | 35% higher on L40 |
| FP64 | 34 TFLOPS | Not supported | H200 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | NVLink 900 GB/s | PCIe only | NVLink on H200 only |
| Board power | 700 W | 300 W | 2.3x higher on H200 |
| Released | Q4 2023 | Q4 2022 | 13 months newer on H200 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: H200 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 | H200 | L40 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$3.91 /GPU/hr On-demand NVL | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$3.29 /GPU/hr On-demand NVL | $0.82 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $0.82 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
$4.24 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | $1.79 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Lium
Distributed
|
$2.95 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$3.62 /GPU/hr On-demand NVL | -- |
Jarvislabs
India
|
$3.99 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM | -- |
Lyceum
Germany
|
$4.29 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
-- | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Hyperstack
UK
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
-- | $1.51 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Spheron
Singapore
|
-- | $0.88 /GPU/hr Spot PCIe |
51 providers list the H200 and 13 the L40. Every listing is on the H200 page and the L40 page.
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Our data for Nvidia H200 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L40 on Sept. 14, 2026.