Two Nvidia data center GPUs, one Ada Lovelace and one Turing: 48 GB GDDR6 against 16 GB GDDR6 and 2.9x the memory bandwidth on the L40S.
At a glance
Memory
- L40S
- 48 GB
- T4
- 16 GB
3x more on L40S
Memory bandwidth
- L40S
- 864 GB/s
- T4
- 300 GB/s
2.9x higher on L40S
Cheapest on-demand
- L40S
- $0.55 /GPU/hr
- T4
- $0.20 /GPU/hr
2.8x more expensive on L40S
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | L40S | T4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.64 /GPU/hr from $0.55 | $0.69 /GPU/hr from $0.20 | 2.4x more expensive on L40S |
| Reserved | $1.11 /GPU/hr from $0.60 (12 mo) | $0.43 /GPU/hr from $0.20 (36 mo) | 2.6x more expensive on L40S |
| Spot | $1.11 /GPU/hr from $0.74 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.10 |
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 T4: 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 T4 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | L40S | T4 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 48 GB GDDR6 | 16 GB GDDR6 | 3x more on L40S |
| Bandwidth | 864 GB/s | 300 GB/s | 2.9x higher on L40S |
| Bus width | 384-bit | 256-bit | 1.5x wider on L40S |
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 733 TFLOPS | Not supported | L40S only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 362.1 TFLOPS | 65 TFLOPS | 5.6x higher on L40S |
| INT8 | 733 TOPS | 130 TOPS | 5.6x higher on L40S |
| FP32 | 91.6 TFLOPS | 8.1 TFLOPS | 11x higher on L40S |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | PCIe only | PCIe only | |
| Board power | 350 W | 70 W | 5x higher on L40S |
| Released | Q3 2023 | Q3 2018 | 5 years newer on L40S |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: L40S datasheet and T4 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | L40S /GPU/hr | T4 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Novita
|
On-Demand $0.55 | -- |
GPU.ai
|
On-Demand $0.80 | -- |
Packet·ai
|
On-Demand $0.92 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $0.97 | -- |
Massed Compute
|
On-Demand $0.97 | -- |
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $0.97 | -- |
UpCloud
|
On-Demand $1.19 | -- |
Lyceum
|
On-Demand $1.19 | -- |
Zenlayer
|
-- | On-Demand $0.56 |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.20 |
Hugging Face
|
-- | On-Demand $0.40 |
Google Cloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.42 |
AWS
|
-- | On-Demand $0.53 |
Azure
|
-- | On-Demand $0.53 |
Cerebrium
|
-- | On-Demand $0.59 |
Replicate
|
-- | On-Demand $0.81 |
34 providers list the L40S and 10 the T4. Every listing is on the L40S page and the T4 page.
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Our data for Nvidia L40S was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia T4 on Sept. 7, 2026.