L40S vs RTX A6000: cloud rental cost compared
You can rent both by the hour, no purchase required. L40S from $0.790/GPU/hr across 3 providers; RTX A6000 from $0.500/GPU/hr across 3 providers. The RTX A6000 is 37% cheaper at the entry rate.
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L40S vs RTX A6000: common questions
Is the L40S or the RTX A6000 cheaper to rent?
On Aquanode's live marketplace the L40S starts at $0.790/GPU/hr (median $0.990/GPU/hr across 3 providers) and the RTX A6000 starts at $0.500/GPU/hr (median $0.530/GPU/hr across 3 providers). The RTX A6000 is the cheaper of the two at the entry rate, by 37%.
What is the difference between the L40S and the RTX A6000?
Both cards report 48 GB of VRAM; the L40S is an Ada Lovelace part and the RTX A6000 is Ampere (compute capability 8.9 vs 8.6); only the L40S supports FP8 compute. On price, the L40S lists from $0.790/GPU/hr and the RTX A6000 from $0.500/GPU/hr.
Which cloud providers offer the L40S and the RTX A6000?
3 providers list the L40S (RunPod, Vast.ai and Massed Compute) and 3 list the RTX A6000 (Massed Compute, RunPod and Vast.ai), across 3 and 3 regions respectively. Both are available from RunPod, Vast.ai and Massed Compute.
How much does 1,000 GPU-hours cost on the L40S vs the RTX A6000?
At the lowest rates listed today, 1,000 GPU-hours costs $790 on the L40S and $500 on the RTX A6000 — a difference of $290 for the same runtime. Rates are per GPU per hour and update hourly.
How this comparison is calculated
Every price is normalized to a per-GPU hourly rate using the same pipeline as every other pricing surface on Aquanode, and only the cheapest qualifying offer per provider is shown. A dash means that provider does not currently list that GPU.
Architecture, compute capability and supported precisions come from each vendor's published datasheet for that generation — not from the marketplace feed. This page regenerates at most once per hour.
