Intel Gaudi 3
vs
Nvidia A100
The Gaudi 3 is newer, with 60% more memory and 91% more bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
60% more on Gaudi 3
- Gaudi 3
- 128 GB
- A100
- 80 GB
Memory bandwidth
91% higher on Gaudi 3
- Gaudi 3
- 3.70 TB/s
- A100
- 1.94 TB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- Gaudi 3
- --
- A100
- $0.43 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | Gaudi 3 | A100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | No on-demand listings | $1.83 /GPU/hr from $0.43 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $1.43 /GPU/hr from $0.60 (1 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $1.20 /GPU/hr from $0.29 |
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. Verify before provisioning. More on how we price.
Price history
Gaudi 3 vs A100 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | Gaudi 3 | A100 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 128 GB HBM2e | 80 GB HBM2e 40 GB on SXM, PCIe | 60% more on Gaudi 3 |
| Bandwidth | 3,700 GB/s | 1,935 GB/s 2,039 GB/s on SXM 1,555 GB/s on SXM, PCIe | 91% higher on Gaudi 3 |
| Bus width | 5,120-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 1,678 TFLOPS | Not supported | Gaudi 3 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 1,678 TFLOPS | 312 TFLOPS | 5.4x higher on Gaudi 3 |
| INT8 | Not supported | 624 TOPS | A100 only |
| FP32 | 19.5 TFLOPS | ||
| FP64 | Not supported | 9.7 TFLOPS | A100 only |
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | RoCE 1,200 GB/s | NVLink 600 GB/s | 2x higher on Gaudi 3 |
| Board power | 900 W | 300 W | 3x higher on Gaudi 3 |
| Released | Q2 2024 | Q2 2020 | 4 years newer on Gaudi 3 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32 | FP16BF16TF32FP32FP64INT4INT8 | |
Figures are for each model's headline configuration. Where a form factor carries a different number, it is named under the figure.
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: Gaudi 3 datasheet and A100 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 3 | A100 |
|---|---|---|
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.43 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.60 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Jarvislabs
India
|
-- | $0.89 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $1.00 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Thunder Compute
USA
|
-- | $1.09 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $1.17 /GPU/hr On-demand SXM |
Massed Compute
USA
|
-- | $1.35 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Packet·ai
USA
|
-- | $1.43 /GPU/hr On-demand |
0 providers list the Gaudi 3 and 48 the A100. Every listing is on the Gaudi 3 page and the A100 page.
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
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Nvidia H100
80 GB HBM3 · released Q3 2022
From $1.30 /GPU/hr Compare
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Nvidia H200
141 GB HBM3e · 30% more bandwidth than the Gaudi 3
From $2.09 /GPU/hr Compare
-
AMD MI300X
192 GB HBM3 · 43% more bandwidth than the Gaudi 3
From $2.59 /GPU/hr Compare -
Nvidia RTX 5090
32 GB GDDR7 · PCIe only
From $0.35 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Intel Gaudi 3 was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Nvidia A100 on Sept. 14, 2026.