Nvidia B300 vs Nvidia L40S

Nvidia L40S wins twice: it rents for 16.8x less per hour and still buys 2.7x 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 bandwidth9.3x on the Nvidia B300
FP16 / BF16 dense6.2x on the Nvidia B300
FP8 dense6.1x on the Nvidia B300
Board power3.1x on the Nvidia L40S

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 B300 Nvidia L40S
Cheapest listed $5.88 $0.35
Median across providers $7.71 $0.83
Most expensive listed $9.69 $1.70
Providers 5 10
Reporting stock 3 6
One month, 730 hours $4,292 $255

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia B300 or the Nvidia L40S cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia B300 starts at $5.88 per GPU hour and the Nvidia L40S at $0.35. Nvidia L40S wins twice: it rents for 16.8x less per hour and still buys 2.7x more FP16 compute per dollar.

Which one can I actually get right now?

Nvidia B300: 3 of 5 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $5.88 at Lium. Nvidia L40S: 6 of 10 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.35 at Lium.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia B300: $4,292 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia L40S: $255 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.