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You can start using a P40 for $0.07/hr per GPU (spot instance). It's a low-risk price point for smaller workloads compared to the market high of $0.20/hr.
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Our algorithm weighs five factors to find the most relevant matches for you:
- Price: We blend total hourly price with price-per-GPU to balance affordability and value.
- Specs: We favor offers with higher CPU, RAM, and GPU Memory.
- Billing: We favor on-demand billing for simplicity and flexibility over spot instances, reservations, and custom quotes.
- Location: We blend both datacenter proximity and provider HQ location. Datacenter location matters for latency, while HQ location matters for compliance and support.
- Provider diversity: Each time a provider appears in the list, their subsequent offerings are ranked a little lower, so one provider's offerings don't crowd out the top positions.
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| Provider | GPUs | Total VRAM | vCPUs | RAM | Billing | $/GPU/h | Total/h | Availability | |
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Vast.ai
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2x P40 2x P40 24GB (36761613) | 48GB | 48 | 128GB | Spot Variable spot pricing with potential interruptions. | $0.07 | $0.13 | Available | View |
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Vast.ai
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2x P40 2x P40 24GB (36761611) | 48GB | 48 | 128GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.20 | $0.40 | Available | View |
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Vast.ai
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4x P40 4x P40 24GB (36761612) | 96GB | 48 | 257GB | Spot Variable spot pricing with potential interruptions. | $0.07 | $0.26 | Available | View |
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Vast.ai
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4x P40 4x P40 24GB (36761612) | 96GB | 48 | 257GB | On-Demand Pay-as-you-go pricing. No term commitments. | $0.20 | $0.80 | Available | View |
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Heads up: We do our best to keep these prices accurate. However, cloud costs may fluctuate based on region, usage, and other factors not listed here. These are estimates based on common setups and are for informational purposes only. Always verify current rates with the provider before provisioning.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why choose the P40?
24GB GDDR5 at very low cost. Legacy option for workloads that need more VRAM than the P4. Some availability from budget cloud providers.
When is the P40 not a good fit?
Pascal architecture with no mixed precision support. GDDR5 bandwidth is very low. Only viable for legacy batch inference where VRAM matters more than speed.
Are P40 prices going up or down?
On-demand pricing has decreased by about 92% since June 2025, dropping from $2.12 to $0.16/hr per GPU.
What size AI models can the P40 run?
With 24GB of VRAM, the P40 can typically run 7B to 13B models in FP16, or larger models in 4-bit quantized form.
How much VRAM does the P40 have?
The P40 has 24GB of VRAM. Multi-GPU setups increase total memory, but that memory is not automatically pooled across GPUs.
What is the P40's memory bandwidth?
The P40 has 346 GB/s of memory bandwidth. Higher bandwidth helps with faster data transfer between GPU memory and compute cores.
What data types does the P40 support?
The P40 supports 2 precision formats. Training: FP16, FP32.
Does the P40 support NVLink?
No. The P40 is a PCIe-only GPU with no NVLink, so it is better suited to single-GPU inference and smaller-scale workloads than large distributed training jobs.
How much does the P40 cost per hour?
P40 pricing currently ranges from $0.07/hr to $0.20/hr per GPU, depending on the provider, instance type, and billing model.
How much does the P40 cost per month?
At 720 hours per month, one P40 can cost between $47.45 to $143.86 per month, depending on the provider. Reserved and spot pricing can lower that further.
Which cloud providers offer the P40?
The P40 is available from 1 cloud provider: Vast.ai.
Can I rent the P40 in the cloud?
Yes. We currently track 4 P40 listings across 1 cloud providers:
Billing type Listings Avg $/GPU/hr On-demand 2 $0.20/hr Spot 2 $0.07/hr
Technical Specifications
| GPU | 1 NVIDIA Pascal GPU |
| CUDA Cores | 3,840 |
| Memory Size | 24 GB GDDR5 |
| H.264 1080p30 streams | 24 |
| Max vGPU instances | 24 (1 GB Profile) |
| vGPU Profiles | 1 GB, 2 GB, 3 GB, 4 GB, 6 GB, 8 GB, 12 GB, 24 GB |
| Form Factor | PCIe 3.0 Dual Slot (rack servers) |
| Power | 250 W |
| Thermal | Passive |
Source: official Nvidia P40 datasheet.
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