Nvidia A40 vs Nvidia B300

Nvidia A40 wins twice: it rents for 49.0x less per hour and still buys 3.3x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU6.0x on the Nvidia B300
Memory bandwidth11.5x on the Nvidia B300
FP16 / BF16 dense15.0x on the Nvidia B300
Board power3.7x on the Nvidia A40

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 A40 Nvidia B300
Cheapest listed $0.12 $5.88
Median across providers $0.73 $7.71
Most expensive listed $1.86 $9.69
Providers 4 5
Reporting stock 2 3
One month, 730 hours $88 $4,292

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A40 or the Nvidia B300 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A40 starts at $0.12 per GPU hour and the Nvidia B300 at $5.88. Nvidia A40 wins twice: it rents for 49.0x less per hour and still buys 3.3x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia A40: 2 of 4 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.35 at Runpod. Nvidia B300: 3 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $5.88 at Lium.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A40: $88 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia B300: $4,292 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.