The L4 is newer, with 3x the memory and 56% more bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on L4
- L4
- 24 GB
- P4
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
56% higher on L4
- L4
- 300 GB/s
- P4
- 192 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
50% cheaper on L4
- L4
- $0.33 /GPU/hr
- P4
- $0.65 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L4 | P4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.86 /GPU/hr from $0.33 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.65 | |
| Reserved | $0.52 /GPU/hr from $0.32 (36 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.34 (36 mo) | |
| Spot | -- /GPU/hr from $0.29 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.10 |
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, reserved and spot on the P4: 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 P4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L4 | P4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 24 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR5 | 3x more on L4 |
| Bandwidth | 300 GB/s | 192 GB/s | 56% higher on L4 |
| Bus width | 192-bit | 256-bit | 33% wider on P4 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 242 TFLOPS | Not supported | L4 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 121 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | 242 TOPS | 22 TOPS | 11x higher on L4 |
| FP32 | 30.3 TFLOPS | 5.5 TFLOPS | 5.5x higher on L4 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 72 W | 75 W | Within 5% |
| Released | Q1 2023 | Q3 2016 | 6 years newer on L4 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L4 datasheet and P4 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 | L4 | P4 |
|---|---|---|
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 | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$1.04 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runcrate
USA
|
$1.24 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Hexabyte
Sweden
|
$0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Google Cloud
USA
|
-- | $0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand |
21 providers list the L4 and 1 the P4. Every listing is on the L4 page and the P4 page.
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Our data for Nvidia L4 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia P4 on Sept. 14, 2026.