The V100S has 31% more bandwidth, while the L40 is newer and has 50% more memory. The L40 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
50% more on L40
- L40
- 48 GB
- V100S
- 32 GB
Memory bandwidth
31% higher on V100S
- L40
- 864 GB/s
- V100S
- 1,134 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
48% cheaper on L40
- L40
- $0.46 /GPU/hr
- V100S
- $0.88 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40 | V100S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.00 /GPU/hr from $0.46 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.88 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.70 | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $0.78 /GPU/hr from $0.40 | 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 V100S: 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 V100S price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40 | V100S | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 32 GB HBM2 | 50% more on L40 |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 1,134 GB/s | 31% higher on V100S |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 4,096-bit | 11x wider on V100S |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 362 TFLOPS | Not supported | L40 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 181.1 TFLOPS | 130 TFLOPS | 39% higher on L40 |
| INT8 | 362 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 90.5 TFLOPS | 16.4 TFLOPS | 5.5x higher on L40 |
| FP64 | Not supported | 8.2 TFLOPS | V100S only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | NVLink 300 GB/s | NVLink on V100S only |
| Board power | 300 W | 250 W | 20% higher on L40 |
| Released | Q4 2022 | Q4 2019 | 3 years newer on L40 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32FP64INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L40 datasheet and V100S 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 | V100S |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
$0.79 /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 | -- |
Runcrate
USA
|
$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
OVH
France
|
-- | $0.88 /GPU/hr On-demand |
13 providers list the L40 and 1 the V100S. Every listing is on the L40 page and the V100S page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia A100
80 GB HBM2e · 2.2x the bandwidth of the L40
From $0.37 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia L40S
48 GB GDDR6 · released Q3 2023
From $0.55 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia A40
48 GB GDDR6 · 19% less bandwidth than the L40
From $0.28 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia V100
32 GB HBM2 · 21% less bandwidth than the V100S
From $0.09 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia L40 was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia V100S on Sept. 14, 2026.