The L40S has 50% more memory and 50% more bandwidth, and is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
50% more on L40S
- L40S
- 48 GB
- RTX 5000 Ada
- 32 GB
Memory bandwidth
50% higher on L40S
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
- RTX 5000 Ada
- 576 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
11% cheaper on L40S
- L40S
- $0.38 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5000 Ada
- $0.43 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40S | RTX 5000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.54 /GPU/hr from $0.38 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.43 | |
| Reserved | $1.04 /GPU/hr from $0.49 (6 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.30 (3 mo) | |
| Spot | $1.05 /GPU/hr from $0.34 | 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 on-demand and reserved on the RTX 5000 Ada: 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 5000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40S | RTX 5000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 32 GB GDDR6 | 50% more on L40S |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 576 GB/s | 50% higher on L40S |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 50% wider on L40S |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 733 TFLOPS | 522.2 TFLOPS | 40% higher on L40S |
| FP16 / BF16 | 362.1 TFLOPS | 261.1 TFLOPS | 39% higher on L40S |
| INT8 | 733 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 91.6 TFLOPS | 65.3 TFLOPS | 40% higher on L40S |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 350 W | 250 W | 40% higher on L40S |
| Released | Q3 2023 | Q3 2023 | |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L40S datasheet and RTX 5000 Ada 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 5000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.54 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.49 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
$0.38 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Novita
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.67 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
$0.80 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Packet·ai
USA
|
$0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
39 providers list the L40S and 2 the RTX 5000 Ada. Every listing is on the L40S page and the RTX 5000 Ada page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia H100
80 GB HBM3 · 3.9x the bandwidth of the L40S
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Nvidia A100
80 GB HBM2e · 2.2x the bandwidth of the L40S
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Nvidia L40
48 GB GDDR6 · released Q4 2022
From $0.46 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia A5000
24 GB GDDR6 · 33% more bandwidth than the RTX 5000 Ada
From $0.23 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Nvidia L40S was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5000 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.