Nvidia L40S vs Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti

Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti rents for 2.2x less per hour, but Nvidia L40S buys 2.1x 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 GPU2.0x on the Nvidia L40S
Memory bandwidth1.2x on the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
FP16 / BF16 dense4.5x on the Nvidia L40S
Board power1.3x 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 L40S Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti
Cheapest listed $0.35 $0.16
Median across providers $0.83 $0.22
Most expensive listed $1.70 $0.27
Providers 10 2
Reporting stock 6 1
One month, 730 hours $255 $117

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia L40S or the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia L40S starts at $0.35 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti at $0.16. Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti rents for 2.2x less per hour, but Nvidia L40S buys 2.1x 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 3090 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.27 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia L40S: $255 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 3090 Ti: $117 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.