Two Nvidia data center GPUs, one Ada Lovelace and one Volta: 48 GB GDDR6 against 32 GB HBM2, memory bandwidth within 5%, and NVLink 300 GB/s on the V100 where the L40 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- L40
- 48 GB
- V100
- 32 GB
1.5x more on L40
Memory bandwidth
- L40
- 864 GB/s
- V100
- 900 GB/s
Within 5%
Cheapest on-demand
- L40
- $0.78 /GPU/hr
- V100
- $0.14 /GPU/hr
5.6x more expensive on L40
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40 | V100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.05 /GPU/hr from $0.78 | $1.57 /GPU/hr from $0.14 | 33% cheaper on L40 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | $1.51 /GPU/hr from $0.13 (24 mo) | |
| Spot | $0.79 /GPU/hr from $0.77 | $0.43 /GPU/hr from $0.09 | 46% cheaper on V100 |
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: 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 V100 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40 | V100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 32 GB HBM2 | 1.5x more on L40 |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 900 GB/s | Within 5% |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 4,096-bit | 11x wider on V100 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 362 TFLOPS | Not supported | L40 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 181.1 TFLOPS | 125 TFLOPS | 1.4x higher on L40 |
| INT8 | 362 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 90.5 TFLOPS | 15.7 TFLOPS | 5.8x higher on L40 |
| FP64 | Not supported | 7.8 TFLOPS | V100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 300 GB/s | NVLink on V100 only |
| Board power | 300 W | 300 W | Identical |
| Released | Q4 2022 | Q2 2017 | 5 years newer on L40 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32FP64INT8 | |
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 V100 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | L40 /GPU/hr | V100 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $0.97 | On-Demand $2.57 |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.97 | On-Demand $2.57 |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.78 | -- |
Thunder Compute
|
On-Demand $0.79 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $0.86 | -- |
Oblivus
|
On-Demand $1.05 | -- |
Spheron
|
On-Demand $1.06 | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
On-Demand $1.50 | -- |
HyperAI
|
-- | On-Demand $0.14 |
Verda
|
-- | On-Demand $0.17 |
Geodd
|
-- | On-Demand $0.16 |
TensorDock
|
-- | On-Demand $0.28 |
Cyfuture AI
|
-- | On-Demand $0.55 |
OVH
|
-- | On-Demand $0.77 |
12 providers list the L40 and 19 the V100. Every listing is on the L40 page and the V100 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
Our data for Nvidia L40 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia V100 on Sept. 7, 2026.