GPU comparison
B200 vs L40S 48GB: specs and rental cost comparison
B200 vs L40S 48GB: L40S 48GB is cheaper on the lowest tracked rental row at $0.97 per GPU-hour, versus $5.43 for B200. That makes B200 about 460% more expensive per GPU-hour on the cheapest rows in the ByteCosts GPU catalog. B200 has 180 GB VRAM and L40S 48GB has 48 GB VRAM. The tables compare source-backed specs and value metrics only where both GPUs have a real spec field and a tracked rental rate. Rental prices are list rates per GPU-hour, before committed-use discounts, capacity limits, or region constraints.
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B200 vs L40S 48GB: rental value
Cheapest tracked on-demand rental rows and normalized value metrics.
| Metric | B200 | L40S 48GB |
|---|---|---|
| Cheapest rental / GPU-hour | $5.43 | $0.97 |
| $ / GB VRAM | $0.030 | $0.020 |
| $ / FP16 TFLOP-hour | $0.0024 | $0.0027 |
| $ / FP8 TFLOP-hour | $0.0012 | $0.0013 |
B200 vs L40S 48GB: specs
Hardware specs from the committed GPU spec catalog. Rows with missing source fields on either GPU are omitted.
| Spec | B200 | L40S 48GB |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | blackwell | ada |
| VRAM | 180 GB | 48 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 7700 GB/s | 864 GB/s |
| FP16 tensor compute | 2250.0 TFLOPS | 362.1 TFLOPS |
| FP8 tensor compute | 4500.0 TFLOPS | 733.0 TFLOPS |
| TDP | 1000 W | 350 W |
Cheapest tracked rental rows
| GPU | Provider | Instance | Region | GPUs | Instance/hr | Per-GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B200 | Massed Compute | b200-sxm6-x8 | published | 8 | $43.46 | $5.43 |
| L40S 48GB | Massed Compute | l40s-48gb-x1 | published | 1 | $0.97 | $0.97 |
Frequently asked questions
Is B200 or L40S 48GB cheaper to rent?
L40S 48GB is cheaper on the lowest tracked row at $0.97 per GPU-hour, compared with $5.43 for B200. Region, capacity, spot interruption, and discounts can change a production bill.
Which is better value, B200 or L40S 48GB?
Use the value table above: $/GB-VRAM is always shown from real VRAM and rental rate, while $/TFLOP rows are shown only when both GPUs have the relevant sourced compute spec. Do not compare a missing field as zero.
Where do these GPU comparison numbers come from?
Rental rates come from the ByteCosts GPU rental catalog normalized from the SkyPilot catalog. Hardware specs come from the committed GPU spec catalog and its per-GPU source URLs.
B200 vs L40S 48GB GPU comparison. ByteCosts. Updated September 4, 2026. https://bytecosts.com/gpu/compare/b200-vs-l40s-48gb/