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A10 vs L4
Specs from the chip makers' datasheets; prices from the live Compute Cafe panel, refreshed hourly. Every rate is an on-demand published price with a source receipt.
CHEAPEST A10
$0.150/hr
SpotGPUs · median $1.56 · 11 providers
CHEAPEST L4
$0.080/hr
SpotGPUs · median $0.70 · 26 providers
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW
L4
live panel, 2026-09-27
| A10 | L4 | |
|---|---|---|
| MAKER | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| ARCHITECTURE | Ampere | Ada Lovelace |
| LAUNCHED | 2021 | 2023 |
| MEMORY | 24 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6 |
| MEMORY BANDWIDTH | 600 GB/s | 300 GB/s |
| TENSOR COMPUTE | 125 TFLOPS FP16 tensor dense (250 sparse) | 121 TFLOPS FP16 tensor dense (242 sparse); 242 TOPS INT8 dense |
| POWER DRAW | 150 W | 72 W |
| INTERCONNECT | PCIe 4.0 x16 | PCIe 4.0 x16 |
HOW TO CHOOSE
A10 vs L4
L4 matches the A10's compute at half the power with newer media engines; the A10 counters with 600 GB/s bandwidth. Compare live panel rates.
Workload fit
A10: mid-size inference, virtual workstations. L4: small-model serving, video pipelines, edge and burst inference.
A10 VS L4 - FAQ
Which is cheaper to rent, A10 or L4?
By today's published on-demand rates: A10 starts at $0.150/GPU/hr (median $1.56, 11 providers) and L4 starts at $0.080/GPU/hr (median $0.70, 26 providers). The cheapest live listing is the L4 at SpotGPUs. Figures recompute from the panel on every refresh.
A10 or L4 - which should I rent?
A10: The A10 fills Ampere's single-slot inference slot: 24 GB, respectable FP16 throughput, 150 W. L4: The L4 is the modern successor to the T4: a 72 W single-slot card with roughly double its predecessor's throughput, FP8 support, and Ada's AV1 video engines. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.
Where can I rent A10 and L4?
11 providers publish A10 rates and 26 publish L4 rates on Compute Cafe. Every row links to the provider's own published price - committed-use and reserved rates are excluded.
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