Cheapest Cloud GPUs Under $1 per Hour — May 2026

Sub-$1/hr cloud GPUs — the practical budget tier for serious work without dedicated commitments.

Updated May 2026 Showing 16 GPU models Under $1.00/hr on-demand
NVIDIA 64 GB
A16
GDDR6 Ampere $0.47/hr
VRAM 64 GB
NVIDIA 48 GB
L40S
GDDR6 Ada Lovelace $0.55/hr
VRAM 48 GB
NVIDIA 48 GB
A40
GDDR6 Ampere $0.30/hr
VRAM 48 GB
NVIDIA 40 GB
A100 SXM (40GB)
HBM2e Ampere $0.80/hr
VRAM 40 GB
NVIDIA 24 GB
A30
HBM2e Ampere $0.25/hr
VRAM 24 GB
NVIDIA 24 GB
L4
GDDR6 Ada Lovelace $0.39/hr
VRAM 24 GB
NVIDIA 16 GB
V100
HBM2 Volta $0.13/hr
VRAM 16 GB
NVIDIA 16 GB
T4
GDDR6 Turing $0.08/hr
VRAM 16 GB
NVIDIA 16 GB
A2
GDDR6 Ampere $0.22/hr
VRAM 16 GB
NVIDIA 8 GB
P4
GDDR5 Pascal $0.16/hr
VRAM 8 GB
NVIDIA 48 GB
RTX 6000 Ada
GDDR6 Ada Lovelace $0.47/hr
VRAM 48 GB
NVIDIA 48 GB
RTX A6000
GDDR6 Ampere $0.30/hr
VRAM 48 GB
NVIDIA 20 GB
RTX 4000 Ada
GDDR6 Ada Lovelace $0.76/hr
VRAM 20 GB
NVIDIA 32 GB
RTX 5090
GDDR7 Blackwell $0.34/hr
VRAM 32 GB
NVIDIA 24 GB
RTX 4090
GDDR6X Ada Lovelace $0.28/hr
VRAM 24 GB
NVIDIA 24 GB
RTX 3090
GDDR6X Ampere $0.12/hr
VRAM 24 GB

A16 vs L40S vs A40 — top picks from this guide

A16 vs L40S vs A40
A16
Ampere · 64 GB
L40S
Ada Lovelace · 48 GB
A40
Ampere · 48 GB
Specifications
Manufacturer NVIDIA NVIDIA NVIDIA
Architecture Ampere Ada Lovelace Ampere
VRAM 64 GB GDDR6 48 GB GDDR6 48 GB GDDR6
Memory Bandwidth 800 GB/s 864 GB/s 696 GB/s
FP16 (Tensor) 72 TFLOPS 366 TFLOPS 150 TFLOPS
FP32 18 TFLOPS 91.6 TFLOPS 37.4 TFLOPS
TDP 250 W 350 W 300 W
Release Year 2021 2023 2020
Segment Data center Data center Data center
Cloud Pricing
Cheapest On-Demand $0.47/hr $0.55/hr $0.30/hr
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