Nvidia L40S vs Nvidia RTX 2060

Nvidia RTX 2060 rents for 8.8x less per hour, but Nvidia L40S buys 1.6x 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 GPU8.0x on the Nvidia L40S
Memory bandwidth2.6x on the Nvidia L40S
FP16 / BF16 dense14.0x on the Nvidia L40S
Board power2.2x on the Nvidia RTX 2060

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 L40S Nvidia RTX 2060
Cheapest listed $0.35 $0.04
Median across providers $0.83 $0.04
Most expensive listed $1.70 $0.05
Providers 10 2
Reporting stock 6 1
One month, 730 hours $255 $29

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia L40S or the Nvidia RTX 2060 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia L40S starts at $0.35 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 2060 at $0.04. Nvidia RTX 2060 rents for 8.8x less per hour, but Nvidia L40S buys 1.6x 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 L40S: 6 of 10 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.35 at Lium. Nvidia RTX 2060: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.05 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia L40S: $255 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 2060: $29 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.