A data center GPU against a workstation card, one Ada Lovelace and one Turing: 48 GB GDDR6 against 16 GB GDDR6, 93% more memory bandwidth on the L40, and NVLink 50 GB/s on the RTX 5000 where the L40 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- L40
- 48 GB
- RTX 5000
- 16 GB
3x more on L40
Memory bandwidth
- L40
- 864 GB/s
- RTX 5000
- 448 GB/s
1.9x higher on L40
Cheapest on-demand
- L40
- $0.33 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5000
- $0.60 /GPU/hr
45% cheaper on L40
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40 | RTX 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr from $0.33 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.60 | |
| 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 RTX 5000: 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 5000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40 | RTX 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 3x more on L40 |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 1.9x 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 | 89.2 TFLOPS | 2x higher on L40 |
| INT8 | 362 TOPS | 178.4 TOPS | 2x higher on L40 |
| FP32 | 90.5 TFLOPS | 11.2 TFLOPS | 8.1x higher on L40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 50 GB/s | NVLink on RTX 5000 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 265 W | 1.1x 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 5000 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 5000 /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 | -- |
OVH
|
-- | On-Demand $0.60 |
Paperspace
|
-- | On-Demand $0.82 |
13 providers list the L40 and 2 the RTX 5000. Every listing is on the L40 page and the RTX 5000 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
-
Nvidia A100
From $0.80 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia L40S
From $0.38 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia A40
From $0.49 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia A5000
From $0.25 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada
From $2.12 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia L40 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5000 on Sept. 7, 2026.