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L40S vs A100 PCIe 80GB
The L40S (Ada Lovelace, 48 GB GDDR6) and the A100 PCIe (Ampere, 80 GB HBM2e) are built for different jobs. If your model needs more than 48 GB per GPU, memory decides before price does.
Understand the hardware trade-offs before comparing provider configurations. This page compares GPU models, not cloud SKUs or availability.
What the hardware records show
- L40S uses the Ada Lovelace architecture; A100 PCIe 80GB uses Ampere.
- Both are PCIe GPUs.
- A100 PCIe 80GB has 32 GB more memory per GPU (80 GB against 48 GB), 1.7× as much.
- A100 PCIe 80GB has 2.2× the theoretical memory bandwidth (1,935 against 864 GB/s).
Per GPU
Reviewed 11/10/2026 · verified
Reviewed 11/10/2026 · verified
It does not by itself prove a lower monthly cost, higher tokens per second or a better result. Include model memory, context, batch size and measured performance in your decision.
Where each GPU appears in our catalogue
Providers with at least one dated, published configuration of the exact GPU. Availability is not checked; the provider page shows each price with its review date.
L40S
- DigitalOcean · 1 configuration
- Modal · 1 configuration
- OVHcloud · 1 configuration