Intel Gaudi 2
vs
Nvidia RTX 5090
The Gaudi 2 has 3x the memory and 37% more bandwidth. The RTX 5090 is newer and cheaper right now.
At a glance
Memory
3x more on Gaudi 2
- Gaudi 2
- 96 GB
- RTX 5090
- 32 GB
Memory bandwidth
37% higher on Gaudi 2
- Gaudi 2
- 2.45 TB/s
- RTX 5090
- 1.79 TB/s
Cheapest on-demand
66% cheaper on RTX 5090
- Gaudi 2
- $1.02 /GPU/hr
- RTX 5090
- $0.35 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | Gaudi 2 | RTX 5090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | -- /GPU/hr from $1.02 | $0.64 /GPU/hr from $0.35 | |
| Reserved | -- /GPU/hr from $0.58 (12 mo) | $0.61 /GPU/hr from $0.21 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.47 /GPU/hr from $0.25 |
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: 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 5090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | Gaudi 2 | RTX 5090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 96 GB HBM2e | 32 GB GDDR7 | 3x more on Gaudi 2 |
| Bandwidth | 2,450 GB/s | 1,792 GB/s | 37% higher on Gaudi 2 |
| Bus width | 512-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP4 | Not supported | 1,676 TFLOPS | RTX 5090 only |
| FP8 | 865 TFLOPS | 419 TFLOPS | 2.1x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 432 TFLOPS | 209.5 TFLOPS | 2.1x higher on Gaudi 2 |
| INT8 | 838 TOPS | ||
| FP32 | 104.8 TFLOPS | ||
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | RoCE 600 GB/s | PCIe only | RoCE on Gaudi 2 only |
| Board power | 600 W | 575 W | Within 5% |
| Released | Q2 2022 | Q1 2025 | 3 years newer on RTX 5090 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | FP4FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: Gaudi 2 datasheet and RTX 5090 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 5090 |
|---|---|---|
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 | -- |
HyperAI
Hong Kong
|
-- | $0.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPUhub
Singapore
|
-- | $0.46 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.47 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.50 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.64 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.65 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Nova Cloud
Canada
|
-- | $0.66 /GPU/hr On-demand PCIe |
3 providers list the Gaudi 2 and 22 the RTX 5090. Every listing is on the Gaudi 2 page and the RTX 5090 page.
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80 GB HBM2e · 21% less bandwidth than the Gaudi 2
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AMD MI300X
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Nvidia RTX PRO 6000
96 GB GDDR7 · workstation card
From $0.65 /GPU/hr Compare
-
Nvidia RTX 4090
24 GB GDDR6X · 44% less bandwidth than the RTX 5090
From $0.33 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Intel Gaudi 2 was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 5090 on Sept. 14, 2026.