Intel Gaudi 3
vs
Nvidia P40
The Gaudi 3 is newer, with 5.3x the memory and 11x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
5.3x more on Gaudi 3
- Gaudi 3
- 128 GB
- P40
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
11x higher on Gaudi 3
- Gaudi 3
- 3,700 GB/s
- P40
- 346 GB/s
Cheapest on-demand
Gaudi 3 is not sold on demand
- Gaudi 3
- --
- P40
- --
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
Price history
Gaudi 3 vs P40 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | Gaudi 3 | P40 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 128 GB HBM2e | 24 GB GDDR5 | 5.3x more on Gaudi 3 |
| Bandwidth | 3,700 GB/s | 346 GB/s | 11x higher on Gaudi 3 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 1,678 TFLOPS | Not supported | Gaudi 3 only |
| FP16 / BF16 | 1,678 TFLOPS | ||
| INT8 | Not supported | 47 TOPS | P40 only |
| FP32 | 12 TFLOPS | ||
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | RoCE 1,200 GB/s | PCIe only | RoCE on Gaudi 3 only |
| Board power | 900 W | 250 W | 3.6x higher on Gaudi 3 |
| Released | Q2 2024 | Q3 2016 | 8 years newer on Gaudi 3 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32 | FP16FP32INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: Gaudi 3 datasheet and P40 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 | P40 |
|---|---|---|
Denvr
Canada
|
On request Custom | -- |
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Our data for Intel Gaudi 3 was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Nvidia P40 on Sept. 14, 2026.