Two Nvidia data center GPUs, one Hopper and one Ada Lovelace: 141 GB HBM3e against 48 GB GDDR6, 5.6x the memory bandwidth on the H200, and NVLink 900 GB/s on the H200 where the L40S is PCIe only.
At a glance
Updated 6 minutes ago- Memory
- 141 GB
- HBM3e
- Memory bandwidth
- 4.80 TB/s
- From
- $2.09 /GPU/hr
- 46 providers
- Memory
- 48 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 864 GB/s
- From
- $0.55 /GPU/hr
- 34 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | H200 | L40S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $2.09 | $0.55 | 3.8x more expensive on H200 |
| Spot | $2.45 | $0.74 | 3.3x more expensive on H200 |
| Reserved | $2.29 | $0.60 | 3.8x more expensive on H200 |
| Median | $4.40 | $1.60 | 2.7x more expensive on H200 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
H200 vs L40S price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
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 | 1.4x 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 listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | H200 /GPU/hr | L40S /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Koyeb
|
On-Demand $3.00 | On-Demand $1.20 |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $3.29 | On-Demand $0.80 |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $3.62 | On-Demand $0.97 |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $4.40 | On-Demand $0.97 |
Lium
|
On-Demand $3.00 | -- |
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $3.09 | -- |
Verda
|
On-Demand $4.00 | -- |
Lyceum
|
On-Demand $4.29 | -- |
Novita
|
-- | On-Demand $0.55 |
Packet·ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.92 |
Sesterce
|
-- | On-Demand $0.97 |
UpCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $1.19 |
46 providers list the H200 and 34 the L40S. Every listing is on the H200 page and the L40S page.
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Our data for Nvidia H200 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia L40S on Sept. 7, 2026.