Both have 48 GB of memory. The RTX 6000 Ada has 11% more bandwidth and is typically cheaper.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- L40S
- 48 GB
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
11% higher on RTX 6000 Ada
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
- RTX 6000 Ada
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
13% cheaper on RTX 6000 Ada
- L40S
- $0.55 /GPU/hr
- RTX 6000 Ada
- $0.48 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40S | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.54 /GPU/hr from $0.55 | $0.96 /GPU/hr from $0.48 | 37% cheaper on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Reserved | $1.04 /GPU/hr from $0.57 (1 mo) | $1.10 /GPU/hr from $0.46 (3 mo) | 5% cheaper on L40S |
| Spot | $1.06 /GPU/hr from $0.47 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.35 |
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 6000 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 6000 Ada price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40S | RTX 6000 Ada | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR6 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 11% higher on RTX 6000 Ada |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 384-bit | Identical |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 733 TFLOPS | 728.5 TFLOPS | Within 5% |
| FP16 / BF16 | 362.1 TFLOPS | 364.2 TFLOPS | Within 5% |
| INT8 | 733 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 91.6 TFLOPS | 91.1 TFLOPS | Within 5% |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 350 W | 300 W | 17% higher on L40S |
| Released | Q3 2023 | Q4 2022 | 8 months newer on L40S |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L40S datasheet and RTX 6000 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 6000 Ada |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.48 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.61 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.74 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Massed Compute
USA
|
$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Sesterce
France
|
$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runcrate
USA
|
$0.97 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | $1.07 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Novita
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Packet·ai
USA
|
$0.92 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.69 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Verda
Finland
|
-- | $1.14 /GPU/hr On-demand |
38 providers list the L40S and 14 the RTX 6000 Ada. Every listing is on the L40S page and the RTX 6000 Ada page.
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Nvidia RTX A6000
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Our data for Nvidia L40S was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada on Sept. 14, 2026.