Runpod Serverless Flex pricing: why VRAM alone is the wrong comparison
Runpod's Flex tiers range from $0.58/hour 16GB classes to high-end B300 capacity. The useful decision is model fit, hardware class, and measured cost per job—not VRAM alone.
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Modal GPU — NVIDIA L40S
Modal lists NVIDIA L40S at USD 0.000542/GPU-second, equivalent to USD 1.9512/GPU-hour at its base serverless GPU task rate, with 48 GB VRAM. CPU, memory, network egress, region selection and non-preemptible settings can add charges; real-time GPU availability is not established by the pricing page.
CURRENT PRICE$1.95 / hrNative listed value
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GPU MODELNVIDIA L40S
GPU COUNT1
VRAM48 GB
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