A data center GPU against a consumer card, one Ada Lovelace and one Ampere: 48 GB GDDR6 against 8 GB GDDR6 and 3.9x the memory bandwidth on the L40S.
At a glance
Memory
- L40S
- 48 GB
- RTX 3050
- 8 GB
6x more on L40S
Memory bandwidth
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
- RTX 3050
- 224 GB/s
3.9x higher on L40S
Cheapest on-demand
- L40S
- $0.38 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3050
- $0.07 /GPU/hr
5.4x more expensive on L40S
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40S | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.29 /GPU/hr from $0.38 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.07 | |
| Reserved | $1.11 /GPU/hr from $0.60 (12 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $1.11 /GPU/hr from $0.74 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.03 |
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 on-demand and spot on the RTX 3050: 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
L40S vs RTX 3050 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40S | RTX 3050 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 6x more on L40S |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 224 GB/s | 3.9x higher on L40S |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 128-bit | 3x wider on L40S |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 733 TFLOPS | Not supported | L40S only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 362.1 TFLOPS | 18.2 TFLOPS | 20x higher on L40S |
| INT8 | 733 TOPS | 72.8 TOPS | 10x higher on L40S |
| FP32 | 91.6 TFLOPS | 9.1 TFLOPS | 10x higher on L40S |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 350 W | 130 W | 2.7x higher on L40S |
| Released | Q3 2023 | Q1 2022 | 2 years newer on L40S |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L40S datasheet and RTX 3050 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | L40S /GPU/hr | RTX 3050 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Lium
|
On-Demand $0.38 | -- |
Novita
|
On-Demand $0.55 | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
|
On-Demand $0.80 | -- |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.80 | -- |
Packet·ai
|
On-Demand $0.92 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.97 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $0.97 | -- |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $0.97 | -- |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.07 |
35 providers list the L40S and 1 the RTX 3050. Every listing is on the L40S page and the RTX 3050 page.
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Our data for Nvidia L40S was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3050 on Sept. 7, 2026.