Nvidia A40

Last updated on Dec. 10, 2024

Price Comparison

Provider GPUs VRAM vCPUs RAM Price/h
RunPod 1x A40 48GB 9 50GB $0.47 Source
CUDO Compute 1x A40 48GB 4 16GB $0.47 Source
Hyperstack 1x A40 48GB 28 58GB $0.50 Source
FluidStack 1x A40 48GB 32 128GB $0.60 Source
Crusoe 1x A40 48GB 6 60GB $1.10 Launch
Vultr 1x A40 48GB 24 120GB $1.86 Launch
Replicate 1x A40 48GB 4 16GB $2.07 Source
Exoscale 1x A40 48GB 12 56GB $2.14 Source
Replicate 1x A40 48GB 10 72GB $2.61 Source
Exoscale 2x A40 96GB 24 120GB $4.27 Source
Replicate 2x A40 96GB 20 144GB $5.22 Source
Vultr 4x A40 192GB 96 480GB $7.44 Launch
Exoscale 4x A40 192GB 48 224GB $8.54 Source
Replicate 4x A40 192GB 40 288GB $10.44 Source
Exoscale 8x A40 384GB 96 448GB $17.06 Source
Replicate 8x A40 384GB 48 680GB $20.88 Source

Note: Prices are subject to change, and may vary by region and other factors not listed here. I included links to launch GPUs using Shadeform (sponsor) so you can check if they're available right now. There are no fees to use their service.

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Specifications

GPU architecture NVIDIA Ampere architecture
GPU memory 48 GB GDDR6 with ECC
Memory bandwidth 696 GB/s
Interconnect interface NVIDIA® NVLink® 112.5 GB/s (bidirectional), PCIe Gen4: 64GB/s
NVIDIA Ampere architecture-based CUDA Cores 10,752
NVIDIA second-generation RT Cores 84
NVIDIA third-generation Tensor Cores 336
Peak FP32 TFLOPS (non-Tensor) 37.4
Peak FP16 Tensor TFLOPS with FP16 Accumulate 149.7, 299.4*
Peak TF32 Tensor TFLOPS 74.8, 149.6*
RT Core performance TFLOPS 73.1
Peak BF16 Tensor TFLOPS with FP32 Accumulate 149.7, 299.4*
Peak INT8 Tensor TOPS, Peak INT4 Tensor TOPS 299.3, 598.6, 598.7, 1,197.4
Form factor 4.4” (H) x 10.5” (L) dual slot
Display ports 3x DisplayPort 1.4**, Supports NVIDIA Mosaic and Quadro® Sync
Max power consumption 300 W
Power connector 8-pin CPU
Thermal solution Passive
Virtual GPU (vGPU) software support NVIDIA vPC/vApps, NVIDIA RTX Virtual Workstation, NVIDIA Virtual Compute Server
vGPU profiles supported See the Virtual GPU Licensing Guide
NVENC, NVDEC 1x, 2x (includes AV1 decode)
Secure and measured boot with hardware root of trust Yes (optional)
NEBS ready Level 3
Compute APIs CUDA, DirectCompute, OpenCL™, OpenACC®
Graphics APIs DirectX 12.07, Shader Model 5.17, OpenGL 4.68, Vulkan 1.18
MIG support No

Source: official Nvidia A40 datasheet.