Nvidia A4500 vs Nvidia L40S

Nvidia A4500 rents for 2.7x less per hour, but Nvidia L40S buys 1.4x more FP16 compute per dollar — the cheaper card is the dearer one per unit of work.

Prices and stock checked 2 hours ago

Datasheet, side by side

Memory per GPU2.4x on the Nvidia L40S
Memory bandwidth1.4x on the Nvidia L40S
FP16 / BF16 dense3.8x on the Nvidia L40S
Board power1.8x on the Nvidia A4500

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 A4500 Nvidia L40S
Cheapest listed $0.13 $0.35
Median across providers $0.16 $0.83
Most expensive listed $0.19 $1.70
Providers 2 10
Reporting stock 1 6
One month, 730 hours $95 $255

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia A4500 or the Nvidia L40S cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia A4500 starts at $0.13 per GPU hour and the Nvidia L40S at $0.35. Nvidia A4500 rents for 2.7x less per hour, but Nvidia L40S buys 1.4x 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 A4500: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Runpod. Nvidia L40S: 6 of 10 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.35 at Lium.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia A4500: $95 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia L40S: $255 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.