The L40 is newer, with 6x the memory and 93% more bandwidth. The RTX 2080 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
6x more on L40
- L40
- 48 GB
- RTX 2080
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
93% higher on L40
- L40
- 864 GB/s
- RTX 2080
- 448 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
82% cheaper on RTX 2080
- L40
- $0.46 /GPU/hr
- RTX 2080
- $0.08 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40 | RTX 2080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.05 /GPU/hr from $0.46 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $0.78 /GPU/hr from $0.40 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 |
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 and spot on the RTX 2080: 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 RTX 2080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40 | RTX 2080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 6x more on L40 |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 93% higher on L40 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 50% wider on L40 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 362 TFLOPS | Not supported | L40 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 181.1 TFLOPS | 40.3 TFLOPS | 4.5x higher on L40 |
| INT8 | 362 TOPS | 161.1 TOPS | 2.2x higher on L40 |
| FP32 | 90.5 TFLOPS | 10 TFLOPS | 9.1x higher on L40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 50 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 2080 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 215 W | 40% higher on L40 |
| Released | Q4 2022 | Q3 2018 | 4 years newer on L40 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L40 datasheet and RTX 2080 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 | L40 | RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.78 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.82 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$0.86 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Hyperstack
UK
|
$1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Oblivus
USA
|
$1.05 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Spheron
Singapore
|
$1.06 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.08 /GPU/hr On-demand |
13 providers list the L40 and 1 the RTX 2080. Every listing is on the L40 page and the RTX 2080 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia A100
80 GB HBM2e · 2.2x the bandwidth of the L40
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Nvidia L40S
48 GB GDDR6 · released Q3 2023
From $0.55 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia A40
48 GB GDDR6 · 19% less bandwidth than the L40
From $0.28 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X · 70% more bandwidth than the RTX 2080
From $0.11 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia RTX 2070
8 GB GDDR6 · PCIe only
From $0.06 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia L40 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 2080 on Sept. 14, 2026.