Intel Gaudi 2
vs
Nvidia A100
The Gaudi 2 is newer, with 20% more memory and 27% more bandwidth. The A100 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
20% more on Gaudi 2
- Gaudi 2
- 96 GB
- A100
- 80 GB
Memory bandwidth
27% higher on Gaudi 2
- Gaudi 2
- 2.45 TB/s
- A100
- 1.94 TB/s
Cheapest on-demand
61% cheaper on A100
- Gaudi 2
- $1.02 /GPU/hr
- A100
- $0.40 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | Gaudi 2 | A100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $1.02 | $1.82 /GPU/hr from $0.40 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.58 (12 mo) | $1.49 /GPU/hr from $0.54 (6 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.99 /GPU/hr from $0.16 |
Heads up: A provider's own page may quote a different figure, for example on tax, region or a promotion. A monthly-only plan shows a derived hourly rate. Medians are across providers, one vote each, so a large catalog does not outweigh a small one. No median for on-demand and reserved on the Gaudi 2: we only show one when at least 3 providers list the GPU on that billing type. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
Gaudi 2 vs A100 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | Gaudi 2 | A100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 96 GB HBM2e | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 20% more on Gaudi 2 |
| Bandwidth | 2,450 GB/s | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 27% higher on Gaudi 2 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 865 TFLOPS | Not supported | Gaudi 2 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 432 TFLOPS | 312 TFLOPS | 38% higher on Gaudi 2 |
| INT8 | 624 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | ||
| FP64 | Not supported | 9.7 TFLOPS | A100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | RoCE 600 GB/s | NVLink 600 GB/s | Identical |
| Board power | 600 W | 300 W | 2x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| Released | Q2 2022 | Q2 2020 | 2 years newer on Gaudi 2 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: Gaudi 2 datasheet and A100 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. No provider we track offers both right now.
| Provider | Gaudi 2 | A100 |
|---|---|---|
Cyfuture AI
India
|
$1.02 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Denvr
Canada
|
$1.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Sesterce
France
|
$1.21 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.48 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Jarvislabs
India
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
-- | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $1.15 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Hyperstack
UK
|
-- | $1.35 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $1.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
3 providers list the Gaudi 2 and 48 the A100. Every listing is on the Gaudi 2 page and the A100 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia H100
80 GB HBM3 · 37% more bandwidth than the Gaudi 2
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Nvidia RTX 5090
32 GB GDDR7 · PCIe only
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-
Nvidia RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X · 48% less bandwidth than the A100
From $0.33 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Intel Gaudi 2 was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Nvidia A100 on Sept. 14, 2026.