Gaudi 3 128GB vs Titan X Pascal 12GB for Local LLMs
The Gaudi 3 128GB has about 582% more memory bandwidth (3,276 vs 480 GB/s). Batch-1 decode tracks bandwidth closely, so a model that fits both cards should decode roughly 582% faster on the Gaudi 3 128GB. The Gaudi 3 128GB fits more of the catalog at Q4/8K — 53 vs 18 of 69 models (128 vs 12 GB VRAM). Largest model that fits the Gaudi 3 128GB but not the Titan X Pascal 12GB: Step-3.5-Flash (196.8B). MSRP is $12,500 for the Gaudi 3 128GB vs $1,200 for the Titan X Pascal 12GB. 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 (41 shared models), the Gaudi 3 128GB posts the higher tok/s in 41 rows vs 0. Methodology.