A100 80GB vs A100 40GB

Specs, live pricing, and best-fit workloads, side by side.

SpecA100 80GBA100 40GB
VRAM80GB40GB
TierLong Context GPUTraining GPU
Live from$1.25/hr$1.25/hr
Fits70B quantized, 30B FP8, high-throughput 8B7B training, LoRA multi-card, medium-scale workloads
Best forAI training, inference, batch processing, researchModel training, fine-tuning, LoRA adaptation
Can serve modelsYesYes

Live-from prices are last-seen estimates, rechecked before launch.