NVIDIA L40S 48 GB rental prices
The cheapest on-demand L40S today is $0.79 per GPU-hour at RunPod (Community Cloud). One provider lists it in 2 listings.
48 GB GDDR6 (ECC), 0.864 TB/s memory bandwidth, 350 W, Ada Lovelace (2023). Specification source.
- Lowest on-demand
- $0.79
- Lowest spot
- –
- Lowest 1-year reserved
- –
- Lowest 3-year reserved
- –
- Listings
- 2
- Providers
- 1
All L40S 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 | L40S (Community Cloud) | 1 | Community Cloud | On-demand | $0.79 | $0.79 | API (opens the provider's page in a new tab) | |
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| RunPod | L40S (Secure Cloud) | 1 | Secure Cloud | On-demand | $1.09 | $1.09 | API (opens the provider's page in a new tab) |
By provider
| RunPod | $0.79 | L40S (Community Cloud), Community Cloud | – | – | 2 | All RunPod L40S listings |
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Price history
L40S has been $0.79 per GPU-hour for every daily check so far; the chart fills in as checks accumulate.
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.
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.
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 L40S per hour?
On 2026-10-23 the lowest on-demand price was $0.79 per GPU-hour at RunPod (Community Cloud); on-demand listings ranged up to $1.09 per GPU-hour across 1 providers.
Which provider has the cheapest L40S?
RunPod had the lowest on-demand price on 2026-10-23 at $0.79 per GPU-hour (L40S (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 L40S 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.