AWS L40S Pricing Options
All available L40S instance types on AWS, sorted by lowest hourly rate.
| Region | Instance | Type | Price/hr | GPUs | vCPUs | RAM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| us-east-1 | g6e.48xlarge (8x L40S) | On-Demand | $13.7440/hr Cheapest | 8× GPU | 192 vCPU | 768 GB |
About AWS L40S Cloud Pricing
Amazon Web Services dominates the GPU cloud market with the broadest instance family portfolio and deepest regional coverage. AWS GPU instances run on custom Nitro hypervisors with dedicated hardware tenancy options.
Why Choose AWS for L40S
- Widest regional availability (30+ regions)
- Savings Plans and Reserved Instances for 1–3 year commitments
- Tight integration with SageMaker, Bedrock, and EKS for ML pipelines
- Elastic Fabric Adapter (EFA) for multi-node training
Best suited for: Enterprise teams running production ML pipelines who need SLA guarantees, compliance certifications (HIPAA, SOC2, FedRAMP), and deep AWS ecosystem integration.
L40S Technical Overview
The L40S is an inference-optimized GPU built on the Ada Lovelace architecture. It provides strong FP8 and INT8 performance for model serving, plus hardware ray-tracing for 3D/visualization workloads.
Pricing Analysis
AWS's cheapest L40S option starts at $13.7440/hr, which is 594% above the market average of $1.9796/hr. AWS currently offers on-demand pricing only for L40S. This means no commitment required, but you won't access the deeper discounts available from reserved or spot pricing.
Note: AWS pricing is typically 15–40% higher than specialized GPU clouds, but the ecosystem depth and enterprise support often justify the premium for production workloads.
Market context: L40S pricing is typically 40–60% below H100, making it an excellent choice for inference-heavy deployments where training performance is not the primary requirement.
Top Alternatives to AWS for L40S
Side-by-side cost comparison vs the cheapest AWS L40S rate ($13.7440/hr).
| Provider | Price/hr | Type | vs AWS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vast.ai | $0.4037/hr | Spot | -97% cheaper vs AWS |
| TensorDock | $0.5900/hr | On-Demand | -96% cheaper vs AWS |
| Lightning AI | $0.6500/hr | On-Demand | -95% cheaper vs AWS |
| RunPod | $0.6900/hr | On-Demand | -95% cheaper vs AWS |
| Nebius | $0.8700/hr | On-Demand | -94% cheaper vs AWS |
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