Intel Gaudi 3
vs
Nvidia GTX 1080
The Gaudi 3 is newer, with 16x the memory and 12x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
16x more on Gaudi 3
- Gaudi 3
- 128 GB
- GTX 1080
- 8 GB
Memory bandwidth
12x higher on Gaudi 3
- Gaudi 3
- 3,700 GB/s
- GTX 1080
- 320 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- Gaudi 3
- --
- GTX 1080
- $0.04 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | Gaudi 3 | GTX 1080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | No on-demand listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.04 | |
| Spot | No spot listings | -- /GPU/hr from $0.02 |
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 spot on the GTX 1080: 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 3 vs GTX 1080 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | Gaudi 3 | GTX 1080 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 128 GB HBM2e | 8 GB GDDR5X | 16x more on Gaudi 3 |
| Bandwidth | 3,700 GB/s | 320 GB/s | 12x higher on Gaudi 3 |
| Bus width | 256-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 1,678 TFLOPS | Not supported | Gaudi 3 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 1,678 TFLOPS | ||
| FP32 | 8.9 TFLOPS | ||
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | RoCE 1,200 GB/s | PCIe only | RoCE on Gaudi 3 only |
| Board power | 900 W | 180 W | 5x higher on Gaudi 3 |
| Released | Q2 2024 | Q2 2016 | 8 years newer on Gaudi 3 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32 | FP16FP32 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: Gaudi 3 datasheet and GTX 1080 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 | GTX 1080 |
|---|---|---|
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.0400 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.05 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Similar GPUs
Other comparisons in the same class.
-
Nvidia H100
80 GB HBM3 · released Q3 2022
From $1.30 /GPU/hr Compare
-
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 3060
12 GB GDDR6 · released Q1 2021
From $0.05 /GPU/hr Compare
-
Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti
11 GB GDDR5X · 51% more bandwidth than the GTX 1080
From $0.04 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Intel Gaudi 3 was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Nvidia GTX 1080 on Sept. 14, 2026.