Intel Gaudi 2
vs
Nvidia RTX 5080
The Gaudi 2 has 6x the memory and 2.6x the bandwidth. The RTX 5080 is newer and cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
6x more on Gaudi 2
- Gaudi 2
- 96 GB
- RTX 5080
- 16 GB
Memory bandwidth
2.6x higher on Gaudi 2
- Gaudi 2
- 2,450 GB/s
- RTX 5080
- 960 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
80% cheaper on RTX 5080
- Gaudi 2
- $1.02 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5080
- $0.20 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | Gaudi 2 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $1.02 | $0.30 /GPU/hr from $0.20 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.58 (12 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $0.30 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.15 |
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 reserved and spot on the RTX 5080: 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 5080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | Gaudi 2 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 96 GB HBM2e | 16 GB GDDR7 | 6x more on Gaudi 2 |
| Bandwidth | 2,450 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 2.6x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| Bus width | 256-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 900.4 TFLOPS | RTX 5080 only |
| FP8 | 865 TFLOPS | 225.1 TFLOPS | 3.8x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 432 TFLOPS | 112.6 TFLOPS | 3.8x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| INT8 | 450.2 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 56.3 TFLOPS | ||
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | RoCE 600 GB/s | PCIe only | RoCE on Gaudi 2 only |
| Board power | 600 W | 360 W | 67% higher on Gaudi 2 |
| Released | Q2 2022 | Q1 2025 | 3 years newer on RTX 5080 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: Gaudi 2 datasheet and RTX 5080 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 5080 |
|---|---|---|
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
|
-- | $0.20 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.26 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.27 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.36 /GPU/hr On-demand |
SwissGPU
Switzerland
|
-- | $0.30 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.39 /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 $0.40 /GPU/hr Compare
-
AMD MI300X
192 GB HBM3 · 2.2x the bandwidth of the Gaudi 2
From $2.59 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia RTX 5090
32 GB GDDR7 · 87% more bandwidth than the RTX 5080
From $0.35 /GPU/hr Compare
-
Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti
16 GB GDDR7 · released Q1 2025
From $0.16 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Intel Gaudi 2 was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5080 on Sept. 14, 2026.