RTX 5090 vs L40S.
prices baked 2026-08-24 06:03 UTC · live, always-current version of this comparison →
| vs | RTX 5090 | L40S |
|---|---|---|
| cheapest idle /GPU/hr | $0.168 | $0.334 |
| cheapest on-demand /GPU/hr | $0.320 | $0.467 |
| idle discount | −47% | −29% |
| live offers | 122 | 58 |
| vram, max listed | 32 GB | 48 GB |
| fp16 spec TFLOPS | 419 | 181 |
| mem bandwidth GB/s | 1,792 | 864 |
| TFLOPS·h per $ (at floor) | 2,487 | 543 |
| VRAM GB·h per $ (at floor) | 190 | 144 |
At today’s floors the RTX 5090 delivers 2,487 FP16 TFLOPS·hours per dollar against 543 — 4.6× the training compute per dollar. Spec ceilings, not benchmarks.
The amber cell wins its row — lowest on price, highest on everything else. Prices are each model’s cheapest live listing across 10 marketplaces at bake time; idle prices are reclaimable bid-market floors. Spec figures are vendor ceilings, unrated cells say so.
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