Best Cloud GPUs for Video Transcoding — May 2026

Transcoding-optimised GPUs — typically NVIDIA T4, L4, A2, and similar low-power data-center cards.

Updated May 2026 Showing 3 GPU models Best for transcoding

L4 vs T4 vs P4 — top picks from this guide

L4 vs T4 vs P4
L4
Ada Lovelace · 24 GB
T4
Turing · 16 GB
P4
Pascal · 8 GB
Specifications
Manufacturer NVIDIA NVIDIA NVIDIA
Architecture Ada Lovelace Turing Pascal
VRAM 24 GB GDDR6 16 GB GDDR6 8 GB GDDR5
Memory Bandwidth 300 GB/s 320 GB/s 192 GB/s
FP16 (Tensor) 121 TFLOPS 65 TFLOPS
FP32 30.3 TFLOPS 8.1 TFLOPS 5.5 TFLOPS
TDP 72 W 70 W 75 W
Release Year 2023 2018 2016
Segment Data center Data center Data center
Cloud Pricing
Cheapest On-Demand $0.39/hr $0.08/hr $0.16/hr
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