Intel Gaudi 2
vs
Nvidia A16
The Gaudi 2 is newer, with 6x the memory and 12x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
6x more on Gaudi 2
- Gaudi 2
- 96 GB
- A16
- 16 GB
Memory bandwidth
12x higher on Gaudi 2
- Gaudi 2
- 2,450 GB/s
- A16
- 200 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- Gaudi 2
- $1.02 /GPU/hr
- A16
- --
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | Gaudi 2 | A16 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $1.02 | Sold out | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.58 (12 mo) | No reserved listings |
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 A16 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | Gaudi 2 | A16 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 96 GB HBM2e | 16 GB GDDR6 | 6x more on Gaudi 2 |
| Bandwidth | 2,450 GB/s | 200 GB/s | 12x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| Bus width | 128-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 865 TFLOPS | Not supported | Gaudi 2 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 432 TFLOPS | 17.9 TFLOPS | 24x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| INT8 | 35.9 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 4.5 TFLOPS | ||
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | RoCE 600 GB/s | PCIe only | RoCE on Gaudi 2 only |
| Released | Q2 2022 | Q2 2021 | 13 months newer on Gaudi 2 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: Gaudi 2 datasheet and A16 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers that rent these GPUs, with each one's cheapest rate. Providers that rent both are listed first.
| Provider | Gaudi 2 | A16 |
|---|---|---|
Sesterce
France
|
$1.21 /GPU/hr On-demand | $0.56 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Cyfuture AI
India
|
$1.02 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Denvr
Canada
|
$1.25 /GPU/hr On-demand | -- |
Vultr
USA
|
-- | $0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia H100
80 GB HBM3 · 37% more bandwidth than the Gaudi 2
From $1.30 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia A100
80 GB HBM2e · 21% less bandwidth than the Gaudi 2
From $0.39 /GPU/hr Compare
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AMD MI300X
192 GB HBM3 · 2.2x the bandwidth of the Gaudi 2
From $2.59 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia L4
24 GB GDDR6 · 50% more bandwidth than the A16
From $0.33 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia T4
16 GB GDDR6 · 50% more bandwidth than the A16
From $0.10 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Intel Gaudi 2 was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Nvidia A16 on Sept. 14, 2026.