Nvidia L40 vs Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada

Nvidia L40 rents for 1.3x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada buys 1.5x 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
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Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPUidentical
Memory bandwidth1.1x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
FP16 / BF16 dense2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
FP8 dense2.0x on the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
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 L40 Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada
Cheapest listed $0.34 $0.45
Median across providers $0.62 $0.74
Most expensive listed $1.00 $1.57
Providers 4 7
Reporting stock 4 4
One month, 730 hours $245 $329

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia L40 or the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia L40 starts at $0.34 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada at $0.45. Nvidia L40 rents for 1.3x less per hour, but Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada buys 1.5x 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 L40: 4 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.34 at Vast.ai. Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada: 4 of 7 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.45 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia L40: $245 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 6000 Ada: $329 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.