Nvidia L40S cloud rental prices
10 providers list the Nvidia L40S, 6 have it in stock. Prices run from $0.35 to $1.70 per GPU hour — the same card, 4.9x apart.
Prices and stock checked 0 minutes ago
What it costs you to run
Estimated at the cheapest listed rate of $0.35/GPU/hr (Lium), per GPU, before storage, egress or commitment discounts.
Renting at the median instead of the floor costs you an extra $354 a month per GPU. That is 58% of the bill, for identical silicon.
Every provider renting the Nvidia L40S
Ordered strictly by entry price per GPU hour. Rows above the median are marked. Stock is what the provider reported at our last check, not a guarantee.
| Provider | Country | Configs | Scale | From | Spot | Reserved | Stock | Grab |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lium | — | 1 | 1x-1x | $0.35 | — | — | In stock | GrabLium — opens the provider's site |
| Vast.ai | United States of America | 1 | 8x-8x | $0.47 | — | — | In stock | GrabVast.ai — opens the provider's site |
| BoostRun | — | 2 | 8x-8x | $0.69 | — | — | Out of stock | GrabBoostRun — opens the provider's site |
| Latitude.sh | Brazil | 5 | 1x-8x | $0.74 | — | — | Out of stock | GrabLatitude.sh — opens the provider's site |
| Runpod | United States of America | 2 | 1x-1x | $0.79 | $0.79 | — | In stock | GrabRunpod — opens the provider's site |
| Massed Compute | United States of America | 16 | 1x-8x | $0.88 | — | — | In stock | GrabMassed Compute — opens the provider's site |
| Verda | Finland | 2 | 1x-8x | $1.43 | — | — | Out of stock | GrabVerda — opens the provider's site |
| Crusoe | United States of America | 10 | 1x-10x | $1.45 | — | — | In stock | GrabCrusoe — opens the provider's site |
| DigitalOcean | United States of America | 1 | 1x-1x | $1.57 | — | — | Out of stock | GrabDigitalOcean — opens the provider's site |
| Scaleway | France | 8 | 1x-8x | $1.70 | — | — | In stock | GrabScaleway — opens the provider's site |
Live inventory signal
The Lium marketplace publishes GPU counts, which almost nobody else does. It holds 72 Nvidia L40S GPUs at $0.35/GPU/hr, with 94% already rented. At that utilisation the cheap capacity is gone within hours.
All 48 configurations
| Configuration | Provider | Region | VRAM | vCPU | RAM | Billing | Per GPU/hr | Total/hr | Stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1x NVIDIA L40S | Lium | — | — | — | — | On-Demand | $0.35 | $0.35 | In stock |
| 8x L40S | Vast.ai | JP | 360 GB | 128 | 1511 GB | On-Demand | $0.47 | $3.73 | In stock |
| 8x L40S | BoostRun | dallas-usa-4 | 384 GB | 64 | 1536 GB | On-Demand | $0.69 | $5.52 | Out of stock |
| 8x L40S | BoostRun | raleigh-usa-1 | 384 GB | 64 | 1536 GB | On-Demand | $0.69 | $5.52 | Out of stock |
| 1x L40S | Latitude.sh | frankfurt-germany-5 | 48 GB | 16 | 128 GB | On-Demand | $0.74 | $0.74 | Out of stock |
| 1x L40S | Latitude.sh | dallas-usa-1 | 48 GB | 16 | 128 GB | On-Demand | $0.74 | $0.74 | Out of stock |
| 1x L40S | Latitude.sh | ashburn-usa-7 | 48 GB | 16 | 128 GB | On-Demand | $0.74 | $0.74 | Out of stock |
| 1x L40S | Runpod | — | 48 GB | — | — | On-Demand | $0.79 | $0.79 | In stock |
| 1x L40S | Runpod | — | 48 GB | — | — | Spot | $0.79 | $0.79 | In stock |
| 8x L40S | Latitude.sh | frankfurt-germany-5 | 384 GB | 128 | 1536 GB | On-Demand | $0.87 | $6.97 | Out of stock |
| 8x L40S | Latitude.sh | dallas-usa-1 | 384 GB | 128 | 1536 GB | On-Demand | $0.87 | $6.97 | Out of stock |
| 1x L40S | Massed Compute | desmoines-usa-3 | 48 GB | 12 | 72 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $0.88 | Out of stock |
| 1x L40S | Massed Compute | kansascity-usa-5 | 48 GB | 12 | 72 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $0.88 | Out of stock |
| 1x L40S | Massed Compute | desmoines-usa-1 | 48 GB | 12 | 72 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $0.88 | In stock |
| 1x L40S | Massed Compute | kansascity-usa-1 | 48 GB | 12 | 72 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $0.88 | In stock |
| 4x L40S | Massed Compute | kansascity-usa-5 | 192 GB | 88 | 288 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $3.52 | Out of stock |
| 4x L40S | Massed Compute | desmoines-usa-3 | 192 GB | 88 | 288 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $3.52 | Out of stock |
| 4x L40S | Massed Compute | kansascity-usa-1 | 192 GB | 88 | 288 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $3.52 | In stock |
| 4x L40S | Massed Compute | desmoines-usa-1 | 192 GB | 88 | 288 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $3.52 | Out of stock |
| 8x L40S | Massed Compute | desmoines-usa-1 | 384 GB | 142 | 768 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $7.04 | Out of stock |
| 8x L40S | Massed Compute | desmoines-usa-3 | 384 GB | 142 | 768 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $7.04 | Out of stock |
| 8x L40S | Massed Compute | kansascity-usa-5 | 384 GB | 142 | 768 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $7.04 | Out of stock |
| 8x L40S | Massed Compute | kansascity-usa-1 | 384 GB | 142 | 768 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $7.04 | In stock |
| 2x L40S | Massed Compute | kansascity-usa-1 | 96 GB | 44 | 256 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $1.76 | In stock |
| 2x L40S | Massed Compute | kansascity-usa-5 | 96 GB | 44 | 256 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $1.76 | Out of stock |
| 2x L40S | Massed Compute | desmoines-usa-3 | 96 GB | 44 | 256 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $1.76 | Out of stock |
| 2x L40S | Massed Compute | desmoines-usa-1 | 96 GB | 44 | 256 GB | On-Demand | $0.88 | $1.76 | In stock |
| 1x L40S | Verda | helsinki-finland-2 | 48 GB | 20 | 60 GB | On-Demand | $1.43 | $1.43 | Out of stock |
| 8x L40S | Verda | helsinki-finland-1 | 384 GB | 160 | 480 GB | On-Demand | $1.44 | $11.50 | Out of stock |
| 10x L40S | Crusoe | culpeper-usa-1 | 480 GB | 80 | 1470 GB | On-Demand | $1.45 | $14.50 | Out of stock |
| 10x L40S | Crusoe | houston-usa-2 | 480 GB | 80 | 1470 GB | On-Demand | $1.45 | $14.50 | Out of stock |
| 1x L40S | Crusoe | culpeper-usa-1 | 48 GB | 8 | 147 GB | On-Demand | $1.45 | $1.45 | Out of stock |
| 1x L40S | Crusoe | houston-usa-2 | 48 GB | 8 | 147 GB | On-Demand | $1.45 | $1.45 | Out of stock |
| 2x L40S | Crusoe | houston-usa-2 | 96 GB | 16 | 294 GB | On-Demand | $1.45 | $2.90 | In stock |
| 2x L40S | Crusoe | culpeper-usa-1 | 96 GB | 16 | 294 GB | On-Demand | $1.45 | $2.90 | In stock |
| 8x L40S | Crusoe | houston-usa-2 | 384 GB | 64 | 1176 GB | On-Demand | $1.45 | $11.60 | Out of stock |
| 8x L40S | Crusoe | culpeper-usa-1 | 384 GB | 64 | 1176 GB | On-Demand | $1.45 | $11.60 | Out of stock |
| 4x L40S | Crusoe | houston-usa-2 | 192 GB | 32 | 588 GB | On-Demand | $1.45 | $5.80 | Out of stock |
| 4x L40S | Crusoe | culpeper-usa-1 | 192 GB | 32 | 588 GB | On-Demand | $1.45 | $5.80 | Out of stock |
| 1x L40S | DigitalOcean | toronto-canada-1 | 48 GB | 8 | 64 GB | On-Demand | $1.57 | $1.57 | Out of stock |
| 1x L40S | Scaleway | paris-france-1 | 48 GB | 8 | 96 GB | On-Demand | $1.70 | $1.70 | Out of stock |
| 1x L40S | Scaleway | warsaw-poland-1 | 48 GB | 8 | 96 GB | On-Demand | $1.70 | $1.70 | In stock |
| 8x L40S | Scaleway | warsaw-poland-1 | 384 GB | 64 | 768 GB | On-Demand | $1.70 | $13.60 | Out of stock |
| 8x L40S | Scaleway | paris-france-1 | 384 GB | 64 | 768 GB | On-Demand | $1.70 | $13.60 | Out of stock |
| 2x L40S | Scaleway | paris-france-1 | 96 GB | 16 | 192 GB | On-Demand | $1.70 | $3.40 | Out of stock |
| 2x L40S | Scaleway | warsaw-poland-1 | 96 GB | 16 | 192 GB | On-Demand | $1.70 | $3.40 | In stock |
| 4x L40S | Scaleway | warsaw-poland-1 | 192 GB | 32 | 384 GB | On-Demand | $1.70 | $6.80 | Out of stock |
| 4x L40S | Scaleway | paris-france-1 | 192 GB | 32 | 384 GB | On-Demand | $1.70 | $6.80 | Out of stock |
What fits in 48 GB
The question behind most rentals: will the model load. Sized against one Nvidia L40S.
| Model | 16-bit | 8-bit | 4-bit |
|---|---|---|---|
| DeepSeek-V3 DeepSeek · 671B params · 37B active | 1,610 GB 34× · 22 GB free | 805 GB 17× · 11 GB free | 403 GB 9× · 29 GB free |
| Llama 3.1 405B Meta · 405B params | 972 GB 21× · 36 GB free | 486 GB 11× · 42 GB free | 243 GB 6× · 45 GB free |
| Qwen3 235B-A22B Alibaba · 235B params · 22B active | 564 GB 12× · 12 GB free | 282 GB 6× · 6 GB free | 141 GB 3× · 3 GB free |
| Mixtral 8x22B Mistral · 141B params · 39B active | 338 GB 8× · 46 GB free | 169 GB 4× · 23 GB free | 85 GB 2× · 11 GB free |
| Mistral Large 2 Mistral · 123B params | 295 GB 7× · 41 GB free | 148 GB 4× · 44 GB free | 74 GB 2× · 22 GB free |
| gpt-oss-120b OpenAI · 117B params · 5.1B active | 281 GB 6× · 7 GB free | 140 GB 3× · 4 GB free | 70 GB 2× · 26 GB free |
| Qwen2.5 72B Alibaba · 72.7B params | 174 GB 4× · 18 GB free | 87 GB 2× · 9 GB free | 44 GB 1× · 4 GB free |
| Llama 3.3 70B Meta · 70.6B params | 169 GB 4× · 23 GB free | 85 GB 2× · 11 GB free | 42 GB 1× · 6 GB free |
| Qwen3 32B Alibaba · 32.8B params | 79 GB 2× · 17 GB free | 39 GB 1× · 9 GB free | 20 GB 1× · 28 GB free |
| Gemma 2 27B Google · 27.2B params | 65 GB 2× · 31 GB free | 33 GB 1× · 15 GB free | 16 GB 1× · 32 GB free |
| Mistral Small 3 Mistral · 24B params | 58 GB 2× · 38 GB free | 29 GB 1× · 19 GB free | 14 GB 1× · 34 GB free |
| Llama 3.1 8B Meta · 8B params | 19 GB 1× · 29 GB free | 10 GB 1× · 38 GB free | 5 GB 1× · 43 GB free |
Required memory is weights plus 20% for KV cache and runtime at short context; long contexts and large batches need more. Cells tinted green fit on a single Nvidia L40S.
Nvidia L40S specifications
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace |
|---|---|
| Memory per GPU | 48 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bandwidth | 864 GB/s |
| Release date | Q3 2023 |
| FP8 compute rate | 733 TFLOPS (dense), 1,466 with sparsity |
| FP16 / BF16 compute rate | 362.1 TFLOPS (dense), 733 with sparsity |
| INT8 compute rate | 733 TOPS (dense), 1,466 with sparsity |
| Process node | TSMC 4N |
| Board power | 350 W |
Frequently asked questions
How much does it cost to rent a Nvidia L40S per hour?
As of September 6, 2026 the Nvidia L40S rents from $0.35 per GPU per hour at Lium. The median across 10 providers is $0.83 and the dearest listing asks $1.70.
Who is the cheapest Nvidia L40S provider right now?
Lium at $0.35 per GPU per hour. That is 58% under the median of $0.83, so renting from a mid-priced provider costs you $0.48 an hour more for the same silicon.
What does a Nvidia L40S cost per month?
At the cheapest listed rate of $0.35 per GPU per hour, one Nvidia L40S running non-stop for a 730-hour month costs $255. At the median rate it costs $610.
Can I actually get a Nvidia L40S today?
Yes. 6 of 10 providers reported Nvidia L40S stock at the last check. The cheapest one with confirmed stock is Lium at $0.35 per GPU per hour.
How much VRAM does the Nvidia L40S have?
48 GB GDDR6 per board. That holds a model of roughly 19 billion parameters at 16-bit, or about 38 billion at 8-bit, before context and activations.
What architecture is the Nvidia L40S, and when did it launch?
Ada Lovelace, released Q3 2023. 10 cloud providers publish a price for it.