The L4 is newer, with 2x the memory and 25% more bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
2x more on L4
- K80
- 12 GB
- L4
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
25% higher on L4
- K80
- 240 GB/s
- L4
- 300 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
64% cheaper on L4
- K80
- $0.90 /GPU/hr
- L4
- $0.33 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | K80 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $0.90 | $0.81 /GPU/hr from $0.33 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 (24 mo) | $0.52 /GPU/hr from $0.32 (36 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.29 |
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 on-demand and reserved on the K80 and spot on the L4: 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
K80 vs L4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | K80 | L4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 12 GB GDDR5 | 24 GB GDDR6 | 2x more on L4 |
| Bandwidth | 240 GB/s | 300 GB/s | 25% higher on L4 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 192-bit | 2x wider on K80 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | Not supported | 242 TFLOPS | L4 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | Not supported | 121 TFLOPS | L4 only |
| INT8 | Not supported | 242 TOPS | L4 only |
| FP32 | 4.4 TFLOPS | 30.3 TFLOPS | 6.9x higher on L4 |
| FP64 | 1.5 TFLOPS | Not supported | K80 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 150 W | 72 W | 2.1x higher on K80 |
| Released | Q4 2014 | Q1 2023 | 8 years newer on L4 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP32FP64 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: K80 datasheet and L4 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. No provider we track offers both right now.
| Provider | K80 | L4 |
|---|---|---|
AWS
USA
|
$0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Database Mart
USA
|
$0.0447 /GPU/hr Reserved | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Jarvislabs
India
|
-- | $0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.59 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.59 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Scaleway
France
|
-- | $0.88 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Hexabyte
Sweden
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Leaseweb
Netherlands
|
-- | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Koyeb
France
|
-- | $0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand |
2 providers list the K80 and 20 the L4. Every listing is on the K80 page and the L4 page.
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Our data for Nvidia K80 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia L4 on Sept. 14, 2026.