A data center GPU against a consumer card, one Ada Lovelace and one Blackwell: 48 GB GDDR6 against 16 GB GDDR7 and 11% more memory bandwidth on the RTX 5080.
At a glance
Memory
- L40
- 48 GB
- RTX 5080
- 16 GB
3x more on L40
Memory bandwidth
- L40
- 864 GB/s
- RTX 5080
- 960 GB/s
1.1x higher on RTX 5080
Cheapest on-demand
- L40
- $0.33 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5080
- $0.26 /GPU/hr
21% cheaper on RTX 5080
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr from $0.33 | $0.31 /GPU/hr from $0.26 | 3.2x more expensive on L40 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $0.79 /GPU/hr from $0.77 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.15 |
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 spot on the RTX 5080: 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 5080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR7 | 3x more on L40 |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 1.1x higher on RTX 5080 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 1.5x wider on L40 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 900.4 TFLOPS | RTX 5080 only |
| FP8 | 362 TFLOPS | 225.1 TFLOPS | 1.6x higher on L40 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 181.1 TFLOPS | 112.6 TFLOPS | 1.6x higher on L40 |
| INT8 | 362 TOPS | 450.2 TOPS | 1.2x higher on RTX 5080 |
| FP32 | 90.5 TFLOPS | 56.3 TFLOPS | 1.6x higher on L40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 300 W | 360 W | 1.2x higher on RTX 5080 |
| Released | Q4 2022 | Q1 2025 | 2 years newer on RTX 5080 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L40 datasheet and RTX 5080 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 5080 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Runpod
|
On-Demand $0.82 | On-Demand $0.39 |
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 | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.26 |
Vast.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $1.79 |
SwissGPU
|
-- | On-Demand $0.31 |
13 providers list the L40 and 4 the RTX 5080. Every listing is on the L40 page and the RTX 5080 page.
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Our data for Nvidia L40 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5080 on Sept. 7, 2026.