Nvidia A40 vs Nvidia RTX 4080

Nvidia A40 wins twice: it rents for 1.2x less per hour and still buys 1.9x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU3.0x on the Nvidia A40
Memory bandwidth1.0x on the Nvidia RTX 4080
FP16 / BF16 dense1.5x on the Nvidia A40
Board power1.1x 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 RTX 4080
Cheapest listed $0.12 $0.15
Median across providers $0.73 $0.16
Most expensive listed $1.86 $0.27
Providers 4 3
Reporting stock 2 2
One month, 730 hours $88 $108

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A40 or the Nvidia RTX 4080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A40 starts at $0.12 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4080 at $0.15. Nvidia A40 wins twice: it rents for 1.2x less per hour and still buys 1.9x 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 RTX 4080: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.15 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A40: $88 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4080: $108 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.