Comparison · GPU vs GPU · read 00:32 UTCRTX 6000 Ada vs L40
Specifications, today's prices from 36 providers, price per unit of memory and compute, and who rents each cheapest. Better values are highlighted; lower is better for prices.
Side by sideSpecs, prices, value
Highlighted cells are the better of the two: more memory and compute, lower prices, lower cost per unit.
| RTX 6000 Ada | L40 | Difference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory & compute | |||
| VRAM | 48 GB | 48 GB | 0% |
| Memory bandwidth | 0.96 TB/s | 0.86 TB/s | +11% |
| FP16 tensor | — | 181 TFLOPS | — |
| FP32 | 91.1 TFLOPS | 90.5 TFLOPS | +1% |
| Power | 300 W | 300 W | 0% |
| Prices today | |||
| Cheapest on-demand | $0.40 | $0.27 | +48% |
| Median on-demand | $0.90 | $0.88 | +2% |
| Highest on-demand | $2.43 | $2.58 | -6% |
| Cheapest spot | $0.27 | $0.33 | -20% |
| Cheapest reserved | $0.59 | $0.70 | -16% |
| Current offers (n) | 42 | 44 | -5% |
| Providers with a fresh offer | 18 | 18 | 0% |
| Value | |||
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (cheapest) | $0.008 | $0.006 | +48% |
| Per GB of VRAM · hour (median) | $0.019 | $0.018 | +2% |
| Per PFLOP FP16 · hour (median) | — | $4.882 | — |
| Per TB/s · hour (median) | $0.938 | $1.023 | -8% |
| Trend | |||
| 30-day median change | +13.3% | -2.3% | — |
| 90-day median change | +32.5% | +1.0% | — |
90 days · median on-demand price · rebased to 100How the two have moved
Both medians indexed to 100 ninety days ago, so the slopes compare even though the price levels differ.
Cheapest providers today · on-demand · current offersWho rents each one cheapest
- 1
gcube1× $0.40
- 2
Vast.aiTrust 782× $0.49 - 3
GPU.ai1× $0.65
- 1Vast.aiTrust 782× $0.27
- 2
io.netTrust 424× $0.66 - 3
RunpodTrust 951× $0.69
Verdict · computed from the numbers aboveChoose one, choose the other
Choose the RTX 6000 Ada if…
- you serve LLMs: memory bandwidth per dollar is better ($0.938 per TB/s-hour against $1.023).
Choose the L40 if…
- the hourly price matters most: median $0.88 against $0.90, 2% less.
Questions about RTX 6000 Ada vs L40
Which is cheaper to rent, the RTX 6000 Ada or the L40?
Today the cheapest current on-demand RTX 6000 Ada is $0.40 per GPU-hour and the cheapest L40 is $0.27; medians are $0.90 and $0.88. Cheapest excludes offers marked unavailable and counts one floor per marketplace.
How much memory do the RTX 6000 Ada and L40 have?
48 GB of memory on the RTX 6000 Ada, 48 GB of memory on the L40, at 0.96 and 0.86 TB/s.
Where do these numbers come from?
From 86 current offers read on the providers' own pages and APIs over the last 45 days (reference 00:32 UTC), or in our October 2026 market study for the few providers our collector does not read. Specifications come from manufacturer datasheets. Every price on the GPU pages links to its receipt and shows its read date.