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L4 vs A40

L4 vs A40: specs and rental cost

Compare memory, node configurations, and fixed weekly and monthly cost before choosing between NVIDIA L4 and NVIDIA A40.

Decision summary

A40 provides 24 GB more VRAM per card. A40 costs $8 less per 30-day term . Choose based on whether memory headroom or lower fixed cost is the binding constraint.

NVIDIA

L4

efficient inference · video encoding

$200/ 30 days
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NVIDIA

A40

rendering · inference

$192/ 30 days
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SpecificationL4A40
ArchitectureAdaAmpere
VRAM24 GB GDDR6 ECC48 GB GDDR6 ECC
Host resources / card8 vCPU · 64 GB RAM12 vCPU · 96 GB RAM
Local NVMe / card1 TB1 TB
7-day price / card$56$54
30-day price / card$200$192
4-GPU node / 30 days$736$707
Catalog quantity315 cards265 cards