Nvidia RTX A6000 vs Nvidia L40

Nvidia RTX A6000 rents for 1.0x less per hour, but Nvidia L40 buys 1.1x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

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Nvidia L40

$0.34/GPU/hr

cheapest of 4 providers · Vast.ai

  • Ada Lovelace
  • Released Q4 2022
  • Median $0.62/GPU/hr
  • $245 per 730-hour month
  • 4 in stock In stock
See all Nvidia L40 prices

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPUidentical
Memory bandwidth1.1x on the Nvidia L40
FP16 / BF16 dense1.2x on the Nvidia L40
Board poweridentical

Figures are the vendors' own published numbers, dense rates without sparsity. A bar is drawn only where both cards publish the same figure.

Price, side by side

Metric Nvidia RTX A6000 Nvidia L40
Cheapest listed $0.32 $0.34
Median across providers $0.57 $0.62
Most expensive listed $1.93 $1.00
Providers 7 4
Reporting stock 4 4
One month, 730 hours $234 $245

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia RTX A6000 or the Nvidia L40 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia RTX A6000 starts at $0.32 per GPU hour and the Nvidia L40 at $0.34. Nvidia RTX A6000 rents for 1.0x less per hour, but Nvidia L40 buys 1.1x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia RTX A6000: 4 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.32 at Lium. Nvidia L40: 4 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.34 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia RTX A6000: $234 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia L40: $245 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.