Nvidia L40S vs Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti

Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti rents for 3.5x less per hour, but Nvidia L40S buys 1.5x 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 GPU4.0x on the Nvidia L40S
Memory bandwidth1.1x on the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti
FP16 / BF16 dense5.3x on the Nvidia L40S
Board poweridentical

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 3080 Ti
Cheapest listed $0.35 $0.10
Median across providers $0.83 $0.14
Most expensive listed $1.70 $0.18
Providers 10 2
Reporting stock 6 1
One month, 730 hours $255 $73

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia L40S or the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia L40S starts at $0.35 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti at $0.10. Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti rents for 3.5x less per hour, but Nvidia L40S buys 1.5x 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 3080 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.18 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia L40S: $255 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3080 Ti: $73 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.