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L40S vs RTX A6000
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 L40S
$0.250/hr
SpotGPUs · median $1.39 · 48 providers
CHEAPEST RTX A6000
$0.170/hr
SpotGPUs · median $0.55 · 25 providers
CHEAPER RIGHT NOW
RTX A6000
live panel, 2026-09-27
| L40S | RTX A6000 | |
|---|---|---|
| MAKER | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| ARCHITECTURE | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| LAUNCHED | 2023 | 2020 |
| MEMORY | 48 GB GDDR6 ECC | 48 GB GDDR6 ECC |
| MEMORY BANDWIDTH | 864 GB/s | 768 GB/s |
| TENSOR COMPUTE | 362 TFLOPS FP16/BF16 tensor dense (733 sparse); 733 TFLOPS FP8 dense | 155 TFLOPS FP16 tensor dense (310 sparse) |
| POWER DRAW | 350 W | 300 W |
| INTERCONNECT | PCIe 4.0 x16 (no NVLink) | PCIe 4.0 x16 (NVLink bridge on pairs) |
HOW TO CHOOSE
RTX A6000 vs L40S
L40S is faster at FP16 with FP8 support; A6000 counters with FP64 and sometimes lower panel prices. For pure AI serving, L40S; for mixed precision work, compare rates.
Workload fit
L40S: llm inference up to ~34b, fine-tuning 7b-13b, image and video generation. RTX A6000: fine-tuning 7b-13b, inference to 34b, research workstations.
L40S VS RTX A6000 - FAQ
Which is cheaper to rent, L40S or RTX A6000?
By today's published on-demand rates: L40S starts at $0.250/GPU/hr (median $1.39, 48 providers) and RTX A6000 starts at $0.170/GPU/hr (median $0.55, 25 providers). The cheapest live listing is the RTX A6000 at SpotGPUs. Figures recompute from the panel on every refresh.
L40S or RTX A6000 - which should I rent?
L40S: The L40S is the workhorse of the inference-and-fine-tuning middle: Ada tensor cores with FP8, 48 GB of memory, and a price well below the H100 line. RTX A6000: The RTX A6000 was the flagship workstation card of the Ampere generation and a budget-lab favorite: 48 GB of memory, full double-precision support, and widespread availability on budget GPU clouds. The side-by-side spec table and live price rows above give the full picture.
Where can I rent L40S and RTX A6000?
48 providers publish L40S rates and 25 publish RTX A6000 rates on Compute Cafe. Every row links to the provider's own published price - committed-use and reserved rates are excluded.
Full pricing: L40S · RTX A6000 · all comparisons