Nvidia L40S vs Nvidia RTX 5090

The L40S has 50% more memory, while the RTX 5090 is newer and has 2.1x the bandwidth. The RTX 5090 is typically cheaper.

At a glance

Memory

50% more on L40S

L40S: 48 GB

RTX 5090: 32 GB

Memory bandwidth

2.1x higher on RTX 5090

L40S: 864 GB/s

RTX 5090: 1,792 GB/s

Cheapest on-demand

36% cheaper on RTX 5090

L40S: $0.55 /GPU/hr

RTX 5090: $0.35 /GPU/hr

Price comparison

Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.

Billing	L40S	RTX 5090	Difference
On-demand	$1.54 /GPU/hr from $0.55	$0.71 /GPU/hr from $0.35	53% cheaper on RTX 5090
Reserved	$1.09 /GPU/hr from $0.60 (12 mo)	$0.60 /GPU/hr from $0.21 (1 mo)	45% cheaper on RTX 5090
Spot	$0.98 /GPU/hr from $0.55	$0.45 /GPU/hr from $0.25	54% cheaper on RTX 5090

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. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.

Price history

L40S vs RTX 5090 price history

Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour

Last 12 months

Aggregating historical prices...

Specs comparison

Spec	L40S	RTX 5090	Difference
Memory
Capacity	48 GB GDDR6	32 GB GDDR7	50% more on L40S
Bandwidth	864 GB/s	1,792 GB/s	2.1x higher on RTX 5090
Bus width	384-bit	512-bit	33% wider on RTX 5090
Compute · dense
FP4	Not supported	1,676 TFLOPS	RTX 5090 only
FP8	733 TFLOPS	419 TFLOPS	75% higher on L40S
FP16 / BF16	362.1 TFLOPS	209.5 TFLOPS	73% higher on L40S
INT8	733 TOPS	838 TOPS	14% higher on RTX 5090
FP32	91.6 TFLOPS	104.8 TFLOPS	14% higher on RTX 5090
Platform
Interconnect	PCIe only	PCIe only
Board power	350 W	575 W	64% higher on RTX 5090
Released	Q3 2023	Q1 2025	2 years newer on RTX 5090
Precision
Supported formats	FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8	FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8

Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.

Source: L40S datasheet and RTX 5090 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 5090
Vast.ai USA	$0.61 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand
GPU.ai UAE	$0.61 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand
Runpod USA	$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand
Sesterce France	$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand	$0.71 /GPU/hr On-demand
Novita USA	$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand	--
Packet·ai USA	$0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand	--
Massed Compute USA	$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand	--
Runcrate USA	$1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe	--
HyperAI Hong Kong	--	$0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand
GPUhub Singapore	--	$0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand
Nova Cloud Canada	--	$0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe
Theta EdgeCloud Distributed	--	$0.70 /GPU/hr On-demand