NVIDIA A100 SXM 40 GB rental prices
The cheapest on-demand A100 40 GB SXM today is $1.00 per GPU-hour at RunPod (Community Cloud). 3 providers list it in 47 listings, with spot from $0.74 and one-year reservations from $2.35.
40 GB HBM2, 1.555 TB/s memory bandwidth, 400 W, Ampere (2020). Specification source (vendor page; second check pending).
- Lowest on-demand
- $1.00
- Lowest spot
- $0.74
- Lowest 1-year reserved
- $2.35
- Lowest 3-year reserved
- $1.36
- Listings
- 47
- Providers
- 3
All A100 40 GB SXM listings
Sorted by pricing type, then price. Per-GPU figures divide the instance price by its GPU count. Where a provider prices by region, the row shows the cheapest region and the range; the instance link lists every region.
| RunPod | A100 SXM 40GB (Community Cloud) | 1 | Community Cloud | On-demand | $1.00 | $1.00 | API (opens the provider's page in a new tab) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambda | 1x NVIDIA A100 SXM 40 GB30 vCPU, 220 GB RAM, 512 GiB SSD | 1 | Any region | On-demand | $1.99 | $1.99 | Page (opens the provider's page in a new tab) | |
| Lambda | 8x NVIDIA A100 SXM 40 GB124 vCPU, 1800 GB RAM, 5.8 TiB SSD | 8 | Any region | On-demand | $1.99 | $15.92 | Page (opens the provider's page in a new tab) | |
| Azure | ND96asr A100 v496 vCPU, 900 GB RAM | 8 | 6 regionscheapest East US | On-demand | $3.40to $4.42 | $27.20to $35.36 | API (opens the provider's page in a new tab) | |
| Azure | ND96asr v496 vCPU, 900 GB RAM | 8 | 5 regionscheapest East US | On-demand | $3.40to $4.42 | $27.20to $35.36 | API (opens the provider's page in a new tab) | |
| Azure | ND96asr v496 vCPU, 900 GB RAM | 8 | 5 regionscheapest East US | Spot | $0.74to $0.96 | $5.90to $7.68 | API (opens the provider's page in a new tab) | |
| Azure | ND96asr A100 v496 vCPU, 900 GB RAM | 8 | 6 regionscheapest East US | Spot | $0.75to $0.97 | $5.98to $7.78 | API (opens the provider's page in a new tab) | |
| Azure | ND96asr A100 v496 vCPU, 900 GB RAM | 8 | 6 regionscheapest East US | Reserved 1 year | $2.35to $3.06 | $18.83to $24.48 | API (opens the provider's page in a new tab) | |
| Azure | ND96asr v496 vCPU, 900 GB RAM | 8 | 5 regionscheapest East US | Reserved 1 year | $2.35to $3.06 | $18.83to $24.48 | API (opens the provider's page in a new tab) | |
| Azure | ND96asr A100 v496 vCPU, 900 GB RAM | 8 | 6 regionscheapest East US | Reserved 3 years | $1.36to $1.77 | $10.88to $14.14 | API (opens the provider's page in a new tab) | |
| Azure | ND96asr v496 vCPU, 900 GB RAM | 8 | 5 regionscheapest East US | Reserved 3 years | $1.36to $1.77 | $10.88to $14.14 | API (opens the provider's page in a new tab) |
By provider
| RunPod | $1.00 | A100 SXM 40GB (Community Cloud), Community Cloud | – | – | 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambda | $1.99 | 1x NVIDIA A100 SXM 40 GB, Any region | – | – | 2 | All Lambda A100 40 GB SXM listings |
| Azure | $3.40 | ND96asr A100 v4, East US | $0.74 | $2.35 | 44 | All Azure A100 40 GB SXM listings |
Price history
A100 40 GB SXM has been $1.00 per GPU-hour for every daily check so far; the chart fills in as checks accumulate.
- RunPod
- Lambda
- Azure
What these prices include
Prices are public list prices in US dollars, read once a day from each provider. The per-GPU figure is the instance price divided by the number of GPUs in the instance; it does not include storage, network transfer, taxes or negotiated discounts.
Azure prices are Linux pay-as-you-go figures from the retail prices API, per region. Spot prices are the current spot rate, which Azure can change at any time. Reserved prices divide the reservation total by the hours in the term (8,760 per year) and assume the reservation is fully used.
RunPod prices are per GPU on two tiers: Secure Cloud runs in RunPod-managed data centers, Community Cloud on vetted third-party hosts. RunPod does not price by region.
Lambda prices are per GPU for 1x, 2x, 4x and 8x instances; the committed rows are 1-Click Cluster prices for 16 GPUs or more on a two-week to one-year term.
Read the full method, including how price changes are checked before they are published.
Questions people ask
How much does it cost to rent an A100 40 GB SXM per hour?
On 2026-10-23 the lowest on-demand price was $1.00 per GPU-hour at RunPod (Community Cloud); on-demand listings ranged up to $4.42 per GPU-hour across 3 providers.
Which provider has the cheapest A100 40 GB SXM?
RunPod had the lowest on-demand price on 2026-10-23 at $1.00 per GPU-hour (A100 SXM 40GB (Community Cloud), Community Cloud). Prices are checked daily; the table above shows every provider and region.
What is the difference between on-demand, spot and reserved A100 40 GB SXM prices?
On-demand is the hourly list price with no commitment. Spot (or preemptible) capacity is sold at a discount but can be reclaimed by the provider at short notice. Reserved prices require a one- or three-year commitment and are shown here as the reservation total divided by the hours in the term.