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H100 SXM vs L40S

H100 SXM vs L40S: specs and rental cost

Compare memory, node configurations, and fixed weekly and monthly cost before choosing between NVIDIA H100 SXM and NVIDIA L40S.

Decision summary

H100 SXM provides 32 GB more VRAM per card. L40S costs $936 less per 30-day term . Choose based on whether memory headroom or lower fixed cost is the binding constraint.

NVIDIA

H100 SXM

training · high-throughput inference

$1,352/ 30 days
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NVIDIA

L40S

video · inference

$416/ 30 days
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SpecificationH100 SXML40S
ArchitectureHopperAda
VRAM80 GB HBM348 GB GDDR6 ECC
Host resources / card24 vCPU · 192 GB RAM16 vCPU · 128 GB RAM
Local NVMe / card3.84 TB2 TB
7-day price / card$380$118
30-day price / card$1,352$416
4-GPU node / 30 days$4,975$1,531
Catalog quantity690 cards430 cards