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Lowest on-demand
$0.41per GPU·h · ≈ $299/month
at GPU.aiMedian on-demand
$1.82/GPU·h
across 10 providers
Lowest spot
$0.49/GPU·h
Reserved from $1.36
FP16/BF16 cost
$1.31/PFLOP·h
#3 of 74 GPUs for value
Providers
10
29 configurations
Price history
Daily A100 SXM 40GB prices per GPU-hour. The shaded period is reconstructed from public archives: the version history of SkyPilot's price catalogs, Internet Archive copies of providers' pricing pages and the open gpu-price-feed project (fewer providers than live data). After that, PetaPrice's own tracking.
Lowest on-demandMedian on-demandLowest spot
Price by provider
Cheapest On-demand A100 SXM 40GB offer at each provider, per GPU-hour. Shorter and greener is cheaper.
GPU.ai🇺🇸$0.41best
RunPod🇺🇸$1.002.4×
Denvr🇨🇦$1.403.4×
Sesterce🇫🇷$1.543.8×
Verda (DataCrunch)🇫🇮$1.664.0×
Lambda🇺🇸$1.994.9×
AWS🇺🇸$2.746.7×
Oracle Cloud🇺🇸$3.057.4×
Azure🇺🇸$3.408.3×
Google Cloud🇺🇸$3.488.5×
Thin vertical line = median across providers ($1.66).
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- GPU.aicommunityOn-demand🇺🇸 HQ in United Statesvia GPU.aifrom · On-demandCheapest$0.41/GPU·hCheapest
- 1× GPU—$0.41 /GPU·h$0.41 /hOn-demandeu-east, us-west● availableRent ↗
- RunPodcommunityOn-demand🇺🇸 HQ in United Statesvia RunPodfrom · On-demand2.4×$1.00/GPU·h2.4×
- 1× GPU—$1.00 /GPU·h$1.00 /hOn-demandCommunity CloudRent ↗
- DenvrOn-demand🇨🇦 HQ in Canadavia Shadeformfrom · On-demand3.4×$1.40/GPU·h3.4×
- SesterceOn-demand🇫🇷 HQ in Francevia Sestercefrom · On-demand3.8×$1.54/GPU·h3.8×
- Verda (DataCrunch)On-demandSpot🇫🇮 HQ in Finlandvia Verdafrom · On-demand4.0×$1.66/GPU·h4.0×
- LambdaOn-demand🇺🇸 HQ in United Statesvia Lambda pricing pagefrom · On-demand4.9×$1.99/GPU·h4.9×
- AWSOn-demandSpot🇺🇸 HQ in United Statesvia AWS pricingfrom · On-demand6.7×$2.74/GPU·h6.7×
- Oracle CloudOn-demand🇺🇸 HQ in United Statesvia Oracle price list APIfrom · On-demand7.4×$3.05/GPU·h7.4×
- 8× GPU—$3.05 /GPU·h$24.4 /hOn-demandlist price, all regionsRent ↗
What can the A100 SXM 40GB run?
Memory for the weights plus one 32K-token sequence of context, how many GPUs hold it, and what that replica costs at the cheapest in-stock on-demand rate.
| Model | Params | Memory | GPUs | $/hr | $/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
gpt-oss-20b OpenAI · 20.9B | 20.9B · 3.6B active | 20 GiB | 1 | $0.41 at GPU.ai | $299 |
Gemma 3 27B Google · 27.4B | 27.4B | 28 GiB | 1 | $0.41 at GPU.ai | $299 |
Qwen3-32B Alibaba · 32.8B | 32.8B | 39 GiB | 2 | $0.82 at GPU.ai | $599 |
Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Meta · 70.6B | 70.6B | 76 GiB | 4 | $1.64 at GPU.ai | $1,197 |
gpt-oss-120b OpenAI · 117B | 117B · 5.1B active | 110 GiB | 4 | $1.64 at GPU.ai | $1,197 |
Qwen3-235B-A22B Alibaba · 235B | 235B · 22B active | 225 GiB | 8 | $3.28 at GPU.ai | $2,394 |
DeepSeek-R1 DeepSeek · 684B | 684B · 37B active | 640 GiB | 32 | $13.12 at GPU.ai | $9,578 |
Kimi K3 Moonshot AI · 2.78T | 2.78T · 104B active | 2.53 TiB | 64+ | — | — |
Assumes 90% of each GPU's memory is usable and rounds up to 1, 2, 4, 8… GPUs for tensor parallelism (up to 64). $/hr is the GPU count times the cheapest in-stock on-demand rate per GPU; check that the provider rents instances that large. Serving many requests at once needs more memory for context.
Alternatives to the A100 SXM 40GB
GPUs with similar compute and memory, and their lowest on-demand price right now.
- A100 PCIe 40GB40 GB · 0.312 PF FP16$1.09/h$3.49/PFLOP·h
- A100 SXM 80GB80 GB · 0.312 PF FP16$1.07/h$3.43/PFLOP·h
- A100 PCIe 80GB80 GB · 0.312 PF FP16$1.11/h$3.56/PFLOP·h
- L40S48 GB · 0.362 PF FP16$0.71/h$1.97/PFLOP·h
- Trainium32 GB · 0.19 PF FP16$1.34/h$7.07/PFLOP·h
- Inferentia232 GB · 0.19 PF FP16$0.76/h$3.99/PFLOP·h
A100 SXM 40GB pricing questions
How much does it cost to rent an A100 SXM 40GB?
On-demand A100 SXM 40GB prices start at $0.41 per GPU-hour (GPU.ai). The median across 10 providers is $1.82, and the most expensive is $3.48. Running one GPU around the clock costs about $299 per month at the lowest price.
Is there cheaper spot or interruptible A100 SXM 40GB capacity?
Yes. Spot (interruptible) A100 SXM 40GB capacity starts at $0.49 per GPU-hour, -19% below the cheapest on-demand price. Spot instances can be preempted at any time, so use them for checkpointed training or batch jobs.
How much compute do you get per dollar with the A100 SXM 40GB?
At $0.41 per hour and 0.312 PF of dense FP16/BF16, the A100 SXM 40GB costs $1.31 per PFLOP-hour. That ranks 3 of 74 GPUs with on-demand prices on PetaPrice. Figures are datasheet peaks; real utilization is typically 30–60%.
What are the A100 SXM 40GB's key specs?
40 GB HBM2 with 1,555 GB/s of memory bandwidth, Ampere architecture (2020), SXM form factor, 400 W. Dense peak: 0.312 PF FP16 / BF16, 0.624 PF INT8, 0.156 PF TF32, 0.0195 PF FP32, 0.0195 PF FP64.
How current are these prices?
Prices were collected on Nov 11, 2026, 03:01 UTC from provider APIs and public catalogs and refresh about every 2 hours. They are indicative list prices; always confirm on the provider's website before booking.