Intel Gaudi2
vs
Nvidia RTX 5080
A data center GPU against a consumer card, one Gaudi (2nd Gen) and one Blackwell: 96 GB HBM2e against 16 GB GDDR7, 2.6x the memory bandwidth on the Gaudi2, and RoCE 600 GB/s on the Gaudi2 where the RTX 5080 is PCIe only.
At a glance
Memory
- Gaudi2
- 96 GB
- RTX 5080
- 16 GB
6x more on Gaudi2
Memory bandwidth
- Gaudi2
- 2,450 GB/s
- RTX 5080
- 960 GB/s
2.6x higher on Gaudi2
Cheapest on-demand
- Gaudi2
- $1.03 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5080
- $0.26 /GPU/hr
4x more expensive on Gaudi2
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | Gaudi2 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | $1.21 /GPU/hr from $1.03 | $1.05 /GPU/hr from $0.26 | 13% cheaper on RTX 5080 |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.58 (12 mo) | -- /GPU/hr from $1.60 (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 reserved on the Gaudi2 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
Gaudi2 vs RTX 5080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | Gaudi2 | RTX 5080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 96 GB HBM2e | 16 GB GDDR7 | 6x more on Gaudi2 |
| Bandwidth | 2,450 GB/s | 960 GB/s | 2.6x higher on Gaudi2 |
| 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 Gaudi2 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 432 TFLOPS | 112.6 TFLOPS | 3.8x higher on Gaudi2 |
| INT8 | 450.2 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 56.3 TFLOPS | ||
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | RoCE 600 GB/s | PCIe only | RoCE on Gaudi2 only |
| Board power | 600 W | 360 W | 1.7x higher on Gaudi2 |
| 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: Gaudi2 datasheet and RTX 5080 datasheet.
Where to rent them
Providers listing these GPUs, those with both first, so you can switch without moving clouds.
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Our data for Intel Gaudi2 was last updated on Sept. 7, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5080 on Sept. 7, 2026.