The RTX PRO 5000 is newer and has 56% more bandwidth, with the same 48 GB of memory. The L40S is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
Identical
- L40S
- 48 GB
- RTX PRO 5000
- 48 GB
Memory bandwidth
56% higher on RTX PRO 5000
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
- RTX PRO 5000
- 1,344 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
36% cheaper on L40S
- L40S
- $0.38 /GPU/hr
- RTX PRO 5000
- $0.60 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40S | RTX PRO 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.30 /GPU/hr from $0.38 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.60 | |
| Reserved | $1.10 /GPU/hr from $0.60 (12 mo) | $0.93 /GPU/hr from $0.50 (24 mo) | 15% cheaper on RTX PRO 5000 |
| Spot | $1.05 /GPU/hr from $0.59 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.18 |
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 PRO 5000: 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 PRO 5000 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40S | RTX PRO 5000 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 48 GB GDDR7 | Identical |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 1,344 GB/s | 56% higher on RTX PRO 5000 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 512-bit | 33% wider on RTX PRO 5000 |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 1,032 TFLOPS | RTX PRO 5000 only |
| FP8 | 733 TFLOPS | 516 TFLOPS | 42% higher on L40S |
| FP16 / BF16 | 362.1 TFLOPS | 258 TFLOPS | 40% higher on L40S |
| INT8 | 733 TOPS | 516 TOPS | 42% higher on L40S |
| FP32 | 91.6 TFLOPS | 65 TFLOPS | 41% higher on L40S |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 350 W | 300 W | 17% higher on L40S |
| Released | Q3 2023 | Q1 2025 | 2 years newer on RTX PRO 5000 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L40S datasheet and RTX PRO 5000 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 PRO 5000 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
$0.62 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
$0.79 /GPU/hr On-demand | On request Reserved |
Lium
Distributed
|
$0.38 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe | -- |
Novita
USA
|
$0.55 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
$0.79 /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 | -- |
Database Mart
USA
|
-- | $0.50 /GPU/hr Reserved |
Contabo
Germany
|
-- | $1.09 /GPU/hr Reserved |
40 providers list the L40S and 4 the RTX PRO 5000. Every listing is on the L40S page and the RTX PRO 5000 page.
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Our data for Nvidia L40S was last updated on Sept. 14, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX PRO 5000 on Sept. 14, 2026.