A data center GPU against a consumer card, one Ada Lovelace and one Ampere: 48 GB GDDR6 against 12 GB GDDR6 and 2.4x the memory bandwidth on the L40.
At a glance
Updated 6 minutes ago- Memory
- 48 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 864 GB/s
- From
- $0.33 /GPU/hr
- 14 providers
- Memory
- 12 GB
- GDDR6
- Memory bandwidth
- 360 GB/s
- From
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
- 3 providers
Price comparison
Cheapest listed price per GPU per hour by billing type, and the median across providers.
| Billing | L40 | RTX 3060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $0.33 | $0.04 | 8.5x more expensive on L40 |
| Spot | $0.40 | $0.03 | 15x more expensive on L40 |
| Reserved | $0.70 | $0.05 | 14x more expensive on L40 |
| Median | $1.00 | $0.05 | 19x more expensive on L40 |
Median: Median across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one.
Price history
L40 vs RTX 3060 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40 | RTX 3060 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 12 GB GDDR6 | 4x more on L40 |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 360 GB/s | 2.4x higher on L40 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 192-bit | 2x wider on L40 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 362 TFLOPS | Not supported | L40 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 181.1 TFLOPS | 25.5 TFLOPS | 7.1x higher on L40 |
| INT8 | 362 TOPS | 101.9 TOPS | 3.6x higher on L40 |
| FP32 | 90.5 TFLOPS | 12.7 TFLOPS | 7.1x higher on L40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 300 W | 170 W | 1.8x higher on L40 |
| Released | Q4 2022 | Q1 2021 | 2 years newer on L40 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L40 datasheet and RTX 3060 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | L40 /GPU/hr | RTX 3060 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
|
On-Demand $0.46 | On-Demand $0.0489 |
Lium
|
On-Demand $0.33 | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
On-Demand $0.70 | -- |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.78 | -- |
Thunder Compute
|
On-Demand $0.79 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $0.86 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.97 | -- |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $0.97 | -- |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.0390 |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.08 |
14 providers list the L40 and 3 the RTX 3060. Every listing is on the L40 page and the RTX 3060 page.
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Our data for Nvidia L40 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3060 on Sept. 7, 2026.