Nvidia H200 vs Nvidia L40S

The H200 has 2.9x the memory and 5.6x the bandwidth. The L40S is typically cheaper.

At a glance

Memory

2.9x more on H200

H200: 141 GB

L40S: 48 GB

Memory bandwidth

5.6x higher on H200

H200: 4,800 GB/s

L40S: 864 GB/s

Cheapest on-demand

74% cheaper on L40S

H200: $2.09 /GPU/hr

L40S: $0.54 /GPU/hr

Price comparison

Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.

Billing	H200	L40S	Difference
On-demand	$4.40 /GPU/hr from $2.09	$1.64 /GPU/hr from $0.54	63% cheaper on L40S
Reserved	$4.00 /GPU/hr from $2.23 (1 mo)	$1.10 /GPU/hr from $0.49 (6 mo)	72% cheaper on L40S
Spot	$2.62 /GPU/hr from $0.54	$0.98 /GPU/hr from $0.34	62% 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

H200 vs L40S price history

Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour

Last 12 months

Aggregating historical prices...

Specs comparison

Spec	H200	L40S	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	733 TFLOPS	2.7x higher on H200
FP16 / BF16	989.5 TFLOPS	362.1 TFLOPS	2.7x higher on H200
INT8	1,979 TOPS	733 TOPS	2.7x higher on H200
FP32	67 TFLOPS	91.6 TFLOPS	37% higher on L40S
FP64	34 TFLOPS	Not supported	H200 only
Platform
Interconnect	NVLink 900 GB/s	PCIe only	NVLink on H200 only
Board power	700 W	350 W	2x higher on H200
Released	Q4 2023	Q3 2023
Precision
Supported formats	FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT8	FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8

Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.

Source: H200 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	H200	L40S
Vast.ai USA	$3.56 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand
GPU.ai UAE	$3.29 /GPU/hr On-demand NVL	$0.67 /GPU/hr On-demand
Runpod USA	$3.59 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM	$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand
Massed Compute USA	$3.62 /GPU/hr On-demand NVL	$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand
Lium Distributed	$2.95 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM	--
Hyperstack UK	$3.99 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM	--
Jarvislabs India	$3.99 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM	--
Runcrate USA	$4.24 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM	--
Novita USA	--	$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand
Packet·ai USA	--	$0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand
UpCloud Finland	--	$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand
Lyceum Germany	--	$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand