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Lowest on-demand
$0.54per GPU·h · ≈ $391/month
at GPU.aiMedian on-demand
$1.99/GPU·h
across 7 providers
Lowest spot
$0.55/GPU·h
Reserved from $2.30
FP16/BF16 cost
$1.71/PFLOP·h
#15 of 70 GPUs for value
Providers
8
27 configurations
Price history
Daily A100 SXM 40GB prices per GPU-hour. The shaded period is reconstructed from the version history of SkyPilot's public price catalogs (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🇺🇸$0.54best
RunPod🇺🇸$1.00+87%
Verda (DataCrunch)🇫🇮$1.282.4×
Lambda🇺🇸$1.993.7×
AWS🇺🇸$2.745.1×
Google Cloud🇺🇸$2.935.5×
Oracle Cloud🇺🇸$3.055.7×
Thin vertical line = median across providers ($1.99).
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- 1× GPU—$1.00 /GPU·h$1.00 /hOn-demandCommunity CloudRent ↗
- 8× GPU—$3.05 /GPU·h$24.4 /hOn-demandlist price, all regionsRent ↗
CirrascaleReserved🇺🇸 HQ in United Statesvia Cirrascale pricing pagefrom · ReservedCheapest$2.30/GPU·h
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$1.99/h$6.38/PFLOP·h
- A100 SXM 80GB80 GB · 0.312 PF FP16$0.81/h$2.60/PFLOP·h
- A100 PCIe 80GB80 GB · 0.312 PF FP16$1.13/h$3.62/PFLOP·h
- L40S48 GB · 0.362 PF FP16$0.60/h$1.66/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 $0.54 per GPU-hour (GPU.ai). The median across 7 providers is $1.99, and the most expensive is $3.05. Running one GPU around the clock costs about $391 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 $0.55 per GPU-hour, -2% 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 $0.54 per hour and 0.312 PF of dense FP16/BF16, the A100 SXM 40GB costs $1.71 per PFLOP-hour. That ranks 15 of 70 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 Sep 27, 2026, 01:12 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.