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L40S 48GB has 100% more memory than RTX A5000 24GB (48 GB vs 24 GB). Its memory bandwidth is 13% more (0.864 vs 0.768 TB/s). In the cloud, the median on-demand L40S 48GB price is $1.50 per GPU-hour against $0.44 for the RTX A5000 24GB. Per gigabyte of GPU memory, that is $0.031 vs $0.018 per hour.
Manufacturer figures as recorded by Kovara. Higher memory and bandwidth are highlighted; neither is a benchmark of your workload.
| L40S 48GB | RTX A5000 24GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturer | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ada Lovelace | Ampere |
| Memory | 48 GB GDDR6 | 24 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bandwidth | 0.864 TB/s | 0.768 TB/s |
| Power (TDP) | 350 W | 230 W |
| Form factor | PCIe dual-slot | PCIe dual-slot |
Public offers Kovara tracks, normalised to US dollars per GPU-hour. Prices use on-demand terms where available; spot and reserved offers are on each GPU’s price pages. Lower is highlighted.
| L40S 48GB | RTX A5000 24GB | |
|---|---|---|
| Lowest price | $0.97 | $0.27 |
| Median price | $1.50 | $0.44 |
| Highest price | $2.25 | $1.38 |
| Median per GB of memory | $0.031 | $0.018 |
| Public offers (all terms) | 38 | 9 |
| Providers | 9 | 3 |
Lowest tracked price per provider. Open a provider to see every offer, region and term.
Right now the cheapest on-demand L40S 48GB Kovara tracks is $0.97 per GPU-hour and the cheapest RTX A5000 24GB is $0.27. Medians are $1.50 and $0.44. The cheaper GPU per hour is not always cheaper per job: a faster or larger GPU can finish sooner or need fewer units.
The L40S 48GB has more memory: 48 GB against 24 GB. Memory decides which models and batch sizes fit on one GPU.
No. This page compares manufacturer specifications and public prices. Real performance depends on the model, precision, software and interconnect. Kova can help you estimate cost for a specific workload.