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📊 Pricing at a Glance
NVIDIA A40 on-demand pricing, in stock right now, ranges from $0.52/GPU/hr to $0.59/GPU/hr across 2 offers from 2 providers with live stock tracking (updated October 2026). A further 97 tracked listings are shown below as listed / last-seen pricing.
Looking for a specific provider? See LeaderGPU NVIDIA A40, RunPod NVIDIA A40, or TensorDock NVIDIA A40.
Available Offers
The 5 cheapest on-demand offers reported in stock right now, from 2 providers with live stock tracking.
Other Tracked Listings (Last-Seen Pricing)
97 further listings GPUPerHour tracks for this GPU. These catalog rows do not qualify as current secure on-demand offers; stock observations may be missing or old. They are not confirmed in stock; check availability with the provider.
| Provider | Listed per GPU / hr | Pricing type | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vultr | $0.07 | on-demand | Check provider |
| Vultr | $0.07 | on-demand | Check provider |
| Vultr | $0.07 | on-demand | Check provider |
| Vultr | $0.07 | on-demand | Check provider |
| Vultr | $0.07 | on-demand | Check provider |
| Vultr | $0.07 | on-demand | Check provider |
| Vultr | $0.07 | on-demand | Check provider |
| Vultr | $0.07 | on-demand | Check provider |
| Vultr | $0.07 | on-demand | Check provider |
| Vultr | $0.07 | on-demand | Check provider |
A40 Availability Now
2 providers report A40 in stock on-demand right now (2 offers across 2 regions). Last stock observation: .
| Region | Cheapest $/GPU-hr | Provider | Offers in stock |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Netherlands | $0.52 | LeaderGPU | 1 |
| global | $0.59 | RunPod | 1 |
Regions are as the providers name them. Prices on this page were observed on (UTC) and are quoted for that day; they are rechecked every minute and can change before booking.
A40 Price History (daily)
Over the last 14 days the cheapest on-demand A40 ranged from $0.49 to $0.52 per GPU-hour across up to 2 providers with stock.
| Date (UTC) | Cheapest $/GPU-hr | Median $/GPU-hr | Offers in stock | Providers with stock |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $0.52 | $0.52 | 1 | 1 | |
| $0.52 | $0.55 | 2 | 2 | |
| $0.52 | $0.55 | 2 | 2 | |
| $0.52 | $0.55 | 2 | 2 | |
| $0.52 | $0.55 | 2 | 2 | |
| $0.52 | $0.55 | 2 | 2 | |
| $0.52 | $0.55 | 2 | 2 | |
| $0.52 | $0.55 | 2 | 2 | |
| $0.52 | $0.55 | 2 | 2 | |
| $0.52 | $0.55 | 2 | 2 | |
| $0.52 | $0.55 | 2 | 2 | |
| $0.52 | $0.55 | 2 | 2 | |
| $0.49 | $0.50 | 2 | 2 | |
| $0.49 | $0.50 | 2 | 2 |
One row per captured day (00:05 UTC). Cheapest is the lowest secure on-demand price per GPU-hour reported in stock by a provider with live stock tracking; median is the median of those offers. Days without a capture are not shown. Method and full series: Cloud GPU Price Index.
A40 Price by Provider
Cheapest on-demand offer per provider that is reported in stock right now. Prices are per GPU per hour; multi-GPU instances show the whole-instance price alongside. Deploy opens the DeployGPU console for providers on the platform, otherwise the provider's own site.
| Provider | Region | GPUs | Per GPU / hr | Instance / hr | Deploy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LeaderGPU | The Netherlands | 8 | $0.52 | $4.13 | Deploy this GPU |
| RunPod | global | 1 | $0.59 | $0.59 | Deploy this GPU |
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A40 Catalog Listing History (30 days)
Catalog listings, not live prices.
These averages are of every tracked catalog listing, including spot, reserved, out-of-stock and older rows. They do not measure live on-demand prices or availability (the daily price history table above does that) and cannot establish savings against the current offers. Each day averages its recorded catalog snapshots; the median gives each day equal weight. Missing days are excluded.
| Lowest daily catalog average | $1.06/GPU/hr |
|---|---|
| Median of daily catalog averages | $1.06/GPU/hr |
| Days with recorded catalog prices | 30 of 30 |
| Latest catalog snapshot | October 20, 2026 |
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Technical Specifications
Strengths & Limitations
- Large memory capacity (48GB) is ideal for large datasets and complex models.
- Excellent performance for professional visualization and rendering tasks.
- Supports NVIDIA virtual GPU (vGPU) software for virtual workstation deployments.
- Suitable for both compute and graphics workloads.
- Relatively lower cost compared to higher-end data center GPUs like A100 or H100.
- Lower compute performance compared to dedicated AI GPUs like A100 or H100.
- GDDR6 memory is slower than HBM2e memory found in higher-end GPUs.
- Not optimized for large-scale AI training.
- Higher power consumption compared to lower-end GPUs.
Top Use Cases
Ideal for demanding visualization workloads in industries like media and entertainment, architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC).
Enables high-performance virtual workstations with NVIDIA vGPU software, allowing multiple users to share a single GPU.
Suitable for data science tasks and AI inference workloads, especially those requiring large memory capacity.
Real-World Benchmark
Market Analysis
Generated market commentary, not current pricing. Live prices and stock are in the sections above.
The NVIDIA A40 occupies a mid-range position in the data center GPU market, offering a balance of performance and cost. Its large memory capacity makes it attractive for applications dealing with large datasets.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the NVIDIA A40 suitable for AI training?▾
While the NVIDIA A40 can be used for AI training, it is not the optimal choice for large-scale training workloads. Dedicated AI GPUs like the NVIDIA A100 or H100 offer significantly higher performance for training deep learning models.
What type of workloads is the NVIDIA A40 best suited for?▾
The NVIDIA A40 is best suited for professional visualization, virtual workstations, data science, and AI inference workloads that require a balance of performance and memory capacity.
Alternative GPUs
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