Nvidia L40S vs Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti

Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti rents for 3.2x 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 GPU4.0x on the Nvidia L40S
Memory bandwidth1.7x on the Nvidia L40S
FP16 / BF16 dense4.5x on the Nvidia L40S
FP8 dense4.6x on the Nvidia L40S
Board power1.2x on the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti

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 4070 Ti
Cheapest listed $0.35 $0.11
Median across providers $0.83 $0.15
Most expensive listed $1.70 $0.19
Providers 10 2
Reporting stock 6 1
One month, 730 hours $255 $80

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia L40S or the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia L40S starts at $0.35 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti at $0.11. Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti rents for 3.2x 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 L40S: 6 of 10 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.35 at Lium. Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti: 1 of 2 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.19 at Runpod.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia L40S: $255 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 4070 Ti: $80 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.