A data center GPU against a workstation card, one Ada Lovelace and one Maxwell: 48 GB GDDR6 against 8 GB GDDR5 and 4.5x the memory bandwidth on the L40.
At a glance
Memory
- L40
- 48 GB
- M4000
- 8 GB
6x more on L40
Memory bandwidth
- L40
- 864 GB/s
- M4000
- 192 GB/s
4.5x higher on L40
Cheapest on-demand
- L40
- $0.33 /GPU/hr
- M4000
- $0.45 /GPU/hr
27% cheaper on L40
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40 | M4000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr from $0.33 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.45 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $0.79 /GPU/hr from $0.77 | 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 reserved on the L40 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
L40 vs M4000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40 | M4000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR5 | 6x more on L40 |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 192 GB/s | 4.5x higher on L40 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 1.5x wider on L40 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 362 TFLOPS | Not supported | L40 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 181.1 TFLOPS | Not supported | L40 only |
| INT8 | 362 TOPS | Not supported | L40 only |
| FP32 | 90.5 TFLOPS | 2.6 TFLOPS | 35x higher on L40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 300 W | 120 W | 2.5x higher on L40 |
| Released | Q4 2022 | Q2 2015 | 7 years newer on L40 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP32 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L40 datasheet and M4000 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | L40 /GPU/hr | M4000 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Lium
|
On-Demand $0.33 | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
On-Demand $0.70 | -- |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.78 | -- |
Thunder Compute
|
On-Demand $0.79 | -- |
Runpod
|
On-Demand $0.82 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $0.86 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.97 | -- |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $0.97 | -- |
Paperspace
|
-- | On-Demand $0.45 |
13 providers list the L40 and 1 the M4000. Every listing is on the L40 page and the M4000 page.
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Our data for Nvidia L40 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia M4000 on Sept. 7, 2026.