Intel Gaudi 2
vs
Nvidia RTX 2080
The Gaudi 2 is newer, with 12x the memory and 5.5x the bandwidth. The RTX 2080 is cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
12x more on Gaudi 2
- Gaudi 2
- 96 GB
- RTX 2080
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
5.5x higher on Gaudi 2
- Gaudi 2
- 2,450 GB/s
- RTX 2080
- 448 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
92% cheaper on RTX 2080
- Gaudi 2
- $1.02 /GPU/hr
- RTX 2080
- $0.08 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | Gaudi 2 | RTX 2080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $1.02 | -- /GPU/hr from $0.08 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.58 (12 mo) | No reserved listings | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.05 |
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 spot on the RTX 2080: 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 RTX 2080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | Gaudi 2 | RTX 2080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 96 GB HBM2e | 8 GB GDDR6 | 12x more on Gaudi 2 |
| Bandwidth | 2,450 GB/s | 448 GB/s | 5.5x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| Bus width | 256-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 865 TFLOPS | Not supported | Gaudi 2 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 432 TFLOPS | 40.3 TFLOPS | 11x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| INT8 | 161.1 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 10 TFLOPS | ||
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | RoCE 600 GB/s | NVLink 50 GB/s | 12x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| Board power | 600 W | 215 W | 2.8x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| Released | Q2 2022 | Q3 2018 | 4 years newer on Gaudi 2 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | FP16FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: Gaudi 2 datasheet and RTX 2080 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 | RTX 2080 |
|---|---|---|
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 | -- |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.08 /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 $0.34 /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 RTX 3080
10 GB GDDR6X · 70% more bandwidth than the RTX 2080
From $0.11 /GPU/hr Compare
-
Nvidia RTX 2070
8 GB GDDR6 · PCIe only
From $0.06 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Intel Gaudi 2 was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 2080 on Sept. 14, 2026.