The L40 is newer, with 3x the memory and 2.9x the bandwidth. The T4 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on L40
- L40
- 48 GB
- T4
- 16 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.9x higher on L40
- L40
- 864 GB/s
- T4
- 300 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
74% cheaper on T4
- L40
- $0.78 /GPU/hr
- T4
- $0.20 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40 | T4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.06 /GPU/hr from $0.78 | $0.69 /GPU/hr from $0.20 | 35% cheaper on T4 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | $0.43 /GPU/hr from $0.20 (36 mo) | |
| 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 T4: 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 T4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40 | T4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 3x more on L40 |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 300 GB/s | 2.9x 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 | 65 TFLOPS | 2.8x higher on L40 |
| INT8 | 362 TOPS | 130 TOPS | 2.8x higher on L40 |
| FP32 | 90.5 TFLOPS | 8.1 TFLOPS | 11x higher on L40 |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 300 W | 70 W | 4.3x 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 T4 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 | T4 |
|---|---|---|
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 | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.97 /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 | -- |
Zenlayer
USA
|
-- | $0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.20 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Hugging Face
USA
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Google Cloud
USA
|
-- | $0.42 /GPU/hr On-demand |
AWS
USA
|
-- | $0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Azure
USA
|
-- | $0.53 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Cerebrium
USA
|
-- | $0.59 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Replicate
USA
|
-- | $0.81 /GPU/hr On-demand |
12 providers list the L40 and 10 the T4. Every listing is on the L40 page and the T4 page.
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Our data for Nvidia L40 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia T4 on Sept. 14, 2026.