Intel Gaudi 3
vs
Nvidia RTX 4090
The Gaudi 3 is newer, with 5.3x the memory and 3.7x the bandwidth.
At a glance
Memory
5.3x more on Gaudi 3
- Gaudi 3
- 128 GB
- RTX 4090
- 24 GB
Memory bandwidth
3.7x higher on Gaudi 3
- Gaudi 3
- 3.70 TB/s
- RTX 4090
- 1.01 TB/s
Cheapest on-demand
- Gaudi 3
- --
- RTX 4090
- $0.33 /GPU/hr
Price comparison
Median price per GPU per hour by billing type, with the cheapest listing under it.
| Billing | Gaudi 3 | RTX 4090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| On-demand | No on-demand listings | $0.44 /GPU/hr from $0.33 | |
| Reserved | No reserved listings | $0.52 /GPU/hr from $0.40 (3 mo) | |
| Spot | No spot listings | $0.38 /GPU/hr from $0.16 |
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 RTX 4090 price history
Weekly median on-demand price per GPU per hour
Specs comparison
| Spec | Gaudi 3 | RTX 4090 | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memory | |||
| Capacity | 128 GB HBM2e | 24 GB GDDR6X | 5.3x more on Gaudi 3 |
| Bandwidth | 3,700 GB/s | 1,010 GB/s | 3.7x higher on Gaudi 3 |
| Bus width | 384-bit | ||
| Compute · dense | |||
| FP8 | 1,678 TFLOPS | 330.3 TFLOPS | 5.1x higher on Gaudi 3 |
| FP16 / BF16 | 1,678 TFLOPS | 165.2 TFLOPS | 10x higher on Gaudi 3 |
| INT8 | Not supported | 660.6 TOPS | RTX 4090 only |
| FP32 | 82.6 TFLOPS | ||
| Platform | |||
| Interconnect | RoCE 1,200 GB/s | PCIe only | RoCE on Gaudi 3 only |
| Board power | 900 W | 450 W | 2x higher on Gaudi 3 |
| Released | Q2 2024 | Q4 2022 | 2 years newer on Gaudi 3 |
| Precision | |||
| Supported formats | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32 | FP8FP16BF16TF32FP32INT4INT8 | |
Compute: Vendor peak figures, dense and per GPU. Not measured throughput.
Source: Gaudi 3 datasheet and RTX 4090 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 | RTX 4090 |
|---|---|---|
Salad
Distributed
|
-- | $0.33 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Runpod
USA
|
-- | $0.34 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Theta EdgeCloud
Distributed
|
-- | $0.38 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Packet·ai
USA
|
-- | $0.39 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Vast.ai
USA
|
-- | $0.40 /GPU/hr On-demand |
GPU.ai
UAE
|
-- | $0.41 /GPU/hr On-demand |
Lium
Distributed
|
-- | $0.44 /GPU/hr On-demand |
EmpirioLabs AI
USA
|
-- | $0.90 /GPU/hr On-demand |
0 providers list the Gaudi 3 and 19 the RTX 4090. Every listing is on the Gaudi 3 page and the RTX 4090 page.
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 5090
32 GB GDDR7 · 77% more bandwidth than the RTX 4090
From $0.35 /GPU/hr Compare
-
Nvidia L40S
48 GB GDDR6 · 14% less bandwidth than the RTX 4090
From $0.55 /GPU/hr Compare
Our data for Intel Gaudi 3 was last updated on Sept. 23, 2026, and for Nvidia RTX 4090 on Sept. 14, 2026.