A data center GPU against a workstation card, one Ada Lovelace and one Maxwell: 24 GB GDDR6 against 8 GB GDDR5 and 56% more memory bandwidth on the L4.
At a glance
Memory
- L4
- 24 GB
- M4000
- 8 GB
3x more on L4
Memory bandwidth
- L4
- 300 GB/s
- M4000
- 192 GB/s
1.6x higher on L4
Cheapest on-demand
- L4
- $0.44 /GPU/hr
- M4000
- $0.45 /GPU/hr
Within 5%
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L4 | M4000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.90 /GPU/hr from $0.44 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.45 | |
| Reserved | $0.53 /GPU/hr from $0.32 (36 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.34 | No spot listings |
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 spot on the L4 and on-demand on the M4000: 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
L4 vs M4000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L4 | M4000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR5 | 3x more on L4 |
| Bandwidth | 300 GB/s | 192 GB/s | 1.6x higher on L4 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 256-bit | 1.3x wider on M4000 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 242 TFLOPS | Not supported | L4 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 121 TFLOPS | Not supported | L4 only |
| INT8 | 242 TOPS | Not supported | L4 only |
| FP32 | 30.3 TFLOPS | 2.6 TFLOPS | 12x higher on L4 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 72 W | 120 W | 1.7x higher on M4000 |
| Released | Q1 2023 | Q2 2015 | 8 years newer on L4 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP32 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L4 datasheet and M4000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | L4 /GPU/hr | M4000 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.44 | -- |
Runpod
|
On-Demand $0.49 | -- |
UpCloud
|
On-Demand $0.69 | -- |
Scaleway
|
On-Demand $0.91 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $1.04 | -- |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $1.05 | -- |
Hexabyte
|
On-Demand $0.42 | -- |
Koyeb
|
On-Demand $0.70 | -- |
Paperspace
|
-- | On-Demand $0.45 |
18 providers list the L4 and 1 the M4000. Every listing is on the L4 page and the M4000 page.
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Our data for Nvidia L4 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia M4000 on Sept. 7, 2026.