Best Cloud GPUs for Fine-Tuning — May 2026

Fine-tuning means single-GPU or small-cluster training of pre-trained models. Pick a GPU with enough VRAM for your model size and decent FP16 throughput.

Updated May 2026 Showing 11 GPU models Best for fine-tuning

A100 SXM (80GB) vs L40S vs A100 SXM (40GB) — top picks from this guide

A100 SXM (80GB) vs L40S vs A100 SXM (40GB)
A100 SXM (80GB)
Ampere · 80 GB
L40S
Ada Lovelace · 48 GB
A100 SXM (40GB)
Ampere · 40 GB
Specifications
Manufacturer NVIDIA NVIDIA NVIDIA
Architecture Ampere Ada Lovelace Ampere
VRAM 80 GB HBM2e 48 GB GDDR6 40 GB HBM2e
Memory Bandwidth 2,039 GB/s 864 GB/s 1,555 GB/s
FP16 (Tensor) 312 TFLOPS 366 TFLOPS 312 TFLOPS
FP32 19.5 TFLOPS 91.6 TFLOPS 19.5 TFLOPS
TDP 400 W 350 W 400 W
Release Year 2020 2023 2020
Segment Data center Data center Data center
Cloud Pricing
Cheapest On-Demand $1.10/hr $0.55/hr $0.80/hr
Providers 6 7 2

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