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High-Tier GPUs Cloud Pricing

High-tier GPUs deliver strong compute performance for serious ML workloads without the premium of top-end datacenter hardware. This tier includes the L40S, A40, RTX 4090, and professional Ada Lovelace cards. They're well-suited for production inference at scale, training medium-sized models, and workloads that need 24–48 GB VRAM with high throughput.

GPUs 25
Providers 53
From $0.080/hr

High-Tier GPUs Available in the Cloud

Sample High-Tier GPUs Pricing

ProviderPrice / hr
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QuickPodNew York, US
$0.300/hr
1×
$0.486/hr
1×
$0.550/hr
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RunpodSecure Cloud
$0.570/hr
2×
$0.640/hr
1×
$0.740/hr
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$1.05/hr
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$1.52/hr
2×
$1.65/hr
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Showing 9 of 564 price points. Visit individual GPU pages above for full pricing.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the RTX 4090 a high-tier GPU?

Yes. The RTX 4090 offers high FP16/FP32 throughput and 24 GB VRAM. While it lacks HBM and NVLink found on datacenter GPUs, its raw compute performance and wide cloud availability make it a strong choice for inference and smaller training jobs.

When should I choose high-tier over ultra-tier?

Choose high-tier when your model fits in 48 GB or less VRAM and you don't need multi-GPU NVLink interconnects. High-tier GPUs often provide better cost-per-FLOP for workloads that don't require the memory capacity of ultra-tier hardware.

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