Gaudi 3 128GB vs Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192GB for Local LLMs

The Gaudi 3 128GB has about 310% more memory bandwidth (3,276 vs 800 GB/s). Batch-1 decode tracks bandwidth closely, so a model that fits both cards should decode roughly 310% faster on the Gaudi 3 128GB. The Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192GB fits more of the catalog at Q4/8K — 50 vs 47 of 61 models (192 vs 128 GB VRAM). Largest model that fits the Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192GB but not the Gaudi 3 128GB: Qwen3-235B-A22B (235.1B). MSRP is $12,500 for the Gaudi 3 128GB vs $6,999 for the Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192GB. MSRP is a launch list price, not live retail — Amazon prices move; click through for the current price. Not retail-shoppable: Gaudi 3 128GB (datacenter-class; cloud rental is the realistic way to use it). In the Q4/8K head-to-head below (59 shared models), the Gaudi 3 128GB posts the higher tok/s in 59 rows vs 0. Methodology.

Spec comparison

	Gaudi 3 128GB	Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192GB
Vendor	Intel	Apple
VRAM	128 GB	192 GB
Memory type	HBM2e	LPDDR5
Memory bandwidth	3,276 GB/s	800 GB/s
TDP	600 W	370 W
MSRP (list)	$12,500	$6,999
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Q4 / 8K head-to-head — top 15 of 59 shared models

Model	Params (B)	Gaudi 3 128GB tok/s	Gaudi 3 128GB fits	Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192GB tok/s	Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192GB fits	Winner
Qwen3-0.6B	0.8	2605.9 est.	Yes	636.4 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
gemma-3-1b-it	1.0	2084.7 est.	Yes	509.1 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
Llama-3.2-1B-Instruct	1.2	1737.3 est.	Yes	424.2 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
Qwen3-1.7B	2.0	1042.4 est.	Yes	254.5 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
Qwen3-30B-A3B	30.5	694.9 est.	Yes	169.7 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
Qwen3-Coder-30B-A3B-Instruct	30.5	694.9 est.	Yes	169.7 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
GLM-4.7-Flash	31.2	694.9 est.	Yes	169.7 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct-2507	30.5	694.9 est.	Yes	169.7 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
Qwen3-Next-80B-A3B-Instruct	81.3	694.9 est.	Yes	169.7 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
Qwen3-Coder-Next	79.7	694.9 est.	Yes	169.7 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct	3.2	651.5 est.	Yes	159.1 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
MiniMax-M2.7	228.7	588.4 est.	No	50.9 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
gpt-oss-20b	21.5	579.1 est.	Yes	116.1 measured	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
Phi-4-mini-instruct	3.8	548.6 est.	Yes	134.0 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB
Phi-4-mini-reasoning	3.8	548.6 est.	Yes	134.0 est.	Yes	Gaudi 3 128GB

est. = bandwidth-based estimate; measured = curated real benchmark that overrides the estimate. Fits = weights + KV(8K) + 1 GB overhead ≤ 95% of VRAM.

Fit coverage at Q4 / 8K

	Gaudi 3 128GB	Mac Studio M2 Ultra 192GB
Catalog models that fit	47 of 61	50 of 61
Largest exclusive fit	—	Qwen3-235B-A22B (235.1B)

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