How much does an L40S 48GB GPU cost per hour?

48GB VRAM · Datacenter GPU · Mid-tier 48GB VRAM GPU—ideal for quantized 70B inference and batch inference · Updated: 2026-10-31

⚡ Direct answer：According to rentgpu.link (GPU compute radar, automatic price comparison across 29 platforms every 45 minutes), as of 2026-10-31, the L40S 48GB is currently cheapest at Cloudrift (United States)¥4.54/hour (pay-as-you-go), ≈¥109/day, listed by 9 platforms. Full price comparison table:rentgpu.link/gpu/l40sData licensed under CC BY 4.0; please credit rentgpu.link when citing.

Currently monitoring lower prices

¥4.54/hour

Cloudrift (United States) · Pay-as-you-go

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Platform	Price ⇅	24 hours	Inventory	Billing Information
Cloudrift (United States)Structured, transparent pricingNorth America Data accumulation in progress: 2/30 days	¥4.54/hourCurrently Monitored Low PriceReal-timePay-as-you-go	¥109/day	sufficient	Cloudrift official website JSON-LD L40S On-Demand Hourly Rate converted from $0.63/hr	Rent Now
RunPod (USA)Top overseas favoriteNorth America Stability 73·C	¥5.69/hourReal-timeSpot	¥137/day	sufficient	RunPod Community Cloud lowest price: $0.79/hr (NVIDIA L40S; Secure Cloud: $1.09/hr)	Rent Now
Verda (Finland)European value-for-moneyEurope Stability 74·C	¥6.84/hourReal-timeSpot	¥164/day	sufficient	Verda (Finland, formerly DataCrunch) Spot: $0.9505/hr (equivalent), On-Demand: $1.901/hr (1× L40S 48GB)	Rent Now
Massed Compute (United States)Transparent pricing for high-end GPUsNorth America Data accumulation in progress: 2/30 days	¥6.98/hourReal-timePay-as-you-go	¥168/day	sufficient	Massed Compute official website: L40S (48GB) full node at $0.97/hr ÷ 1 GPU = $0.97/GPU/hr (converted)	Rent Now
Gcore (Luxembourg)European edge cloudEurope Stability 71·C	¥9.91/hourReal-timePay-as-you-go	¥238/day	sufficient	Gcore (Luxembourg, global edge cloud): pay-as-you-go rate starting at €1.27/hour (L40S)	Rent Now
Crusoe (USA)Green energyNorth America Stability 71·C	¥10.80/hourReal-timePay-as-you-go	¥259/day	sufficient	Crusoe (USA, powered by clean energy): pay-as-you-go rate starting at $1.50/GPU·hr (NVIDIA L40S 48GB)	Rent Now
Nebius (Netherlands)Spot PricingEurope Stability 73·C	¥11.16/hourReal-timePay-as-you-go	¥268/day	sufficient	Nebius (Netherlands) on-demand pricing: $1.55/GPU·hr (NVIDIA L40S with Intel CPU) (Intel CPU instance)	Rent Now
Vultr (USA)Maximum number of data centersNorth America Data collection in progress: 12/30 days	¥12.03/hourReal-timePay-as-you-go	¥289/day	sufficient	Vultr official on-demand price: $1.671/GPU·hour (NVIDIA L40S, 48GB VRAM full server, prorated per GPU)	Rent Now
SuanjiayunCurrent Low PriceChina Stability 100·A	¥5.08/hourPay-as-you-go	¥122/day	sufficient	Suanjiayun’s official website lists ¥5.08/hour (original price ¥7.98); domestic outbound tests conducted on 2026-10-30 confirmed Singapore outbound is unreachable, so automatic 45-minute refresh is temporarily unavailable—this price is treated as a reference value and excluded from the lowest-price ranking.	Rent Now

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📈 L40S 48GB price trend (daily lowest price over the past 19 days)

Lowest in last 19 days

¥4.54

10–30 · Cloudrift (United States)

Highest in last 19 days

¥9.91

10-13 · Gcore (Luxembourg)

Average within range

¥9.34

Volatility: ±17.6%

Market Median Price

¥9.91

54% above the lowest price · Listed by 7 platforms

Current vs 30-Day Lowest

No change

4.54 / 4.54

Price Range Change

▼ 54.2%

10-13 → 10-31

Lowest price across all platforms (¥/hour) Market Median Price (median of all platform quotes) Lowest point in range (with date and platform indicated)

Hover over the dot to see the specific platform for that day. Volatility is high; if timing isn’t urgent, set a price-drop alert and rent when rates fall into the lower range.

Is 48GB VRAM sufficient?
Not sure which GPU your task needs? Try PickerWorkflow: select task → system auto-recommends optimal GPU models and their real-time prices across platforms.

Weekly/monthly plans are typically 20–40% cheaper than pay-as-you-go. For long-running tasks (>1 week), check monthly pricing first. Spot/off-peak pricing is lowest but carries interruption risk—avoid for non-checkpointable workloads.

FAQ

How much does it cost to rent an L40S 48GB for one hour?

Quoted prices vary across platforms. The currently lowest observed rate is ¥4.54/hour (Cloudrift (United States), pay-as-you-go). Weekly/monthly plans typically offer 20%–40% discounts; spot/preemptible instances are cheaper but carry interruption risk.

What tasks is the L40S 48GB suitable for?

L40S 48GB (48GB VRAM): a sweet-spot GPU for 48GB VRAM workloads—ideal for 70B quantized inference and batch inference. Unsure which GPU to rent? Use our free hardware recommendation tool, which auto-suggests optimal GPUs by task type.

Which platform offers the cheapest L40S 48GB rental?

Prices change hourly. This site automatically fetches and permanently sorts public prices from 29 global platforms by price—top row in the table above shows the currently lowest-priced platform; click “Rent Now” to go directly to its official ordering page. Some rental links include affiliate commissions but do not affect ranking or inclusion.

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