Nvidia L40S vs Nvidia RTX 5080

Nvidia RTX 5080 rents for 2.3x 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 GPU3.0x on the Nvidia L40S
Memory bandwidth1.1x on the Nvidia RTX 5080
FP16 / BF16 dense3.2x on the Nvidia L40S
FP8 dense3.3x on the Nvidia L40S
Board power1.0x 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 5080
Cheapest listed $0.35 $0.15
Median across providers $0.83 $0.16
Most expensive listed $1.70 $0.39
Providers 10 3
Reporting stock 6 2
One month, 730 hours $255 $110

Frequently asked questions

Is the Nvidia L40S or the Nvidia RTX 5080 cheaper to rent?

The Nvidia L40S starts at $0.35 per GPU hour and the Nvidia RTX 5080 at $0.15. Nvidia RTX 5080 rents for 2.3x 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 5080: 2 of 3 providers report stock, cheapest in stock $0.16 at Vast.ai.

What does a month on each card cost?

Nvidia L40S: $255 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate. Nvidia RTX 5080: $110 for 730 hours at its cheapest listed rate.