The L40S is newer, with 6x the memory and 93% more bandwidth. The RTX 3070 is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
6x more on L40S
- L40S
- 48 GB
- RTX 3070
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
93% higher on L40S
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
- RTX 3070
- 448 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
82% cheaper on RTX 3070
- L40S
- $0.55 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3070
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40S | RTX 3070 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.60 /GPU/hr from $0.55 | $0.10 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | 94% cheaper on RTX 3070 |
| Reserved | $1.10 /GPU/hr from $0.61 (12 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | $0.99 /GPU/hr from $0.74 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 |
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 spot on the RTX 3070: 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 3070 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40S | RTX 3070 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 8 GB GDDR6 | 6x more on L40S |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 93% higher on L40S |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 50% wider on L40S |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 733 TFLOPS | Not supported | L40S only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 362.1 TFLOPS | 40.6 TFLOPS | 8.9x higher on L40S |
| INT8 | 733 TOPS | 162.6 TOPS | 4.5x higher on L40S |
| FP32 | 91.6 TFLOPS | 20.3 TFLOPS | 4.5x higher on L40S |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 350 W | 220 W | 59% higher on L40S |
| Released | Q3 2023 | Q4 2020 | 3 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 3070 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | L40S | RTX 3070 |
|---|---|---|
Runpod
USA
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.13 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Novita
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Packet·ai
USA
|
$0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Runcrate
USA
|
$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
UpCloud
Finland
|
$1.19 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.10 /GPU/hr On-demand |
37 providers list the L40S and 3 the RTX 3070. Every listing is on the L40S page and the RTX 3070 page.
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Our data for Nvidia L40S was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3070 on Sept. 14, 2026.