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L40S vs H100 PCIe
The L40S has 48 GB of GDDR6; the H100 PCIe has 80 GB of HBM2e and much higher memory bandwidth. Compare their hourly prices only after checking that your workload fits in 48 GB.
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; H100 PCIe uses Hopper.
- Both are PCIe GPUs.
- H100 PCIe has 32 GB more memory per GPU (80 GB against 48 GB), 1.7× as much.
- H100 PCIe has 2.3× the theoretical memory bandwidth (2,000 against 864 GB/s).
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