Intel Gaudi 2
vs
Nvidia K80
The Gaudi 2 is newer, with 8x the memory and 10x the bandwidth. The K80 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
8x more on Gaudi 2
- Gaudi 2
- 96 GB
- K80
- 12 GB
Memory bandwidth
10x higher on Gaudi 2
- Gaudi 2
- 2,450 GB/s
- K80
- 240 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
12% cheaper on K80
- Gaudi 2
- $1.02 /GPU/hr
- K80
- $0.90 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | Gaudi 2 | K80 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $1.02 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.90 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.58 (12 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 (24 mo) |
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 and on-demand and reserved on the K80: 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 K80 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | Gaudi 2 | K80 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 96 GB HBM2e | 12 GB GDDR5 | 8x more on Gaudi 2 |
| Bandwidth | 2,450 GB/s | 240 GB/s | 10x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 865 TFLOPS | Not supported | Gaudi 2 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 432 TFLOPS | Not supported | Gaudi 2 only |
| FP32 | 4.4 TFLOPS | ||
| FP64 | Not supported | 1.5 TFLOPS | K80 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | RoCE 600 GB/s | PCIe only | RoCE on Gaudi 2 only |
| Board power | 600 W | 150 W | 4x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| Released | Q2 2022 | Q4 2014 | 8 years newer on Gaudi 2 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | FP32FP64 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: Gaudi 2 datasheet and K80 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 | K80 |
|---|---|---|
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 | -- |
AWS
USA
|
-- | $0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Database Mart
USA
|
-- | $0.0447 /GPU/hr Reserved |
Similar GPUs
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Nvidia H100
80 GB HBM3 · 37% more bandwidth than the Gaudi 2
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Nvidia A100
80 GB HBM2e · 21% less bandwidth than the Gaudi 2
From $0.40 /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 V100
32 GB HBM2 · 3.8x the bandwidth of the K80
From $0.08 /GPU/hr Compare
-
Nvidia T4
16 GB GDDR6 · 25% more bandwidth than the K80
From $0.15 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Intel Gaudi 2 was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Nvidia K80 on Sept. 14, 2026.