Intel Gaudi2
vs
Nvidia RTX 3090
A data center GPU against a consumer card, one Gaudi (2nd Gen) and one Ampere: 96 GB HBM2e against 24 GB GDDR6X and 2.6x the memory bandwidth on the Gaudi2.
At a glance
Memory
- Gaudi2
- 96 GB
- RTX 3090
- 24 GB
4x more on Gaudi2
Memory bandwidth
- Gaudi2
- 2,450 GB/s
- RTX 3090
- 936 GB/s
2.6x higher on Gaudi2
Cheapest on-demand
- Gaudi2
- $1.03 /GPU/hr
- RTX 3090
- $0.10 /GPU/hr
10x more expensive on Gaudi2
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | Gaudi2 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.21 /GPU/hr from $1.03 | $0.31 /GPU/hr from $0.10 | 3.9x more expensive on Gaudi2 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.58 (12 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.06 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.09 |
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 reserved on the Gaudi2 and reserved and spot on the RTX 3090: 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
Gaudi2 vs RTX 3090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | Gaudi2 | RTX 3090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 96 GB HBM2e | 24 GB GDDR6X | 4x more on Gaudi2 |
| Bandwidth | 2,450 GB/s | 936 GB/s | 2.6x higher on Gaudi2 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 865 TFLOPS | Not supported | Gaudi2 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 432 TFLOPS | 71.2 TFLOPS | 6.1x higher on Gaudi2 |
| INT8 | 284.7 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 35.6 TFLOPS | ||
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | RoCE 600 GB/s | NVLink 112 GB/s | 5.4x higher on Gaudi2 |
| Board power | 600 W | 350 W | 1.7x higher on Gaudi2 |
| Released | Q2 2022 | Q3 2020 | 2 years newer on Gaudi2 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: Gaudi2 datasheet and RTX 3090 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
| Provider | Gaudi2 /GPU/hr | RTX 3090 /GPU/hr |
|---|---|---|
Runcrate
|
On-Demand $1.21 | -- |
Sesterce
|
On-Demand $1.21 | -- |
Cyfuture AI
|
On-Demand $1.03 | -- |
HyperAI
|
-- | On-Demand $0.10 |
Theta EdgeCloud
|
-- | On-Demand $0.13 |
Vast.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $0.14 |
Salad
|
-- | On-Demand $0.17 |
Runpod
|
-- | On-Demand $0.50 |
GPU.ai
|
-- | On-Demand $6.67 |
SwissGPU
|
-- | On-Demand $0.31 |
TensorDock
|
-- | On-Demand $0.31 |
3 providers list the Gaudi2 and 9 the RTX 3090. Every listing is on the Gaudi2 page and the RTX 3090 page.
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Our data for Intel Gaudi2 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 3090 on Sept. 7, 2026.