Faster Training and Inference: Habana Gaudi®2 vs Nvidia A100 80GB

habana vs. nvidia is a classic arms race, and the numbers matter for cost-efficiency. gaudi2 promises better performance per watt, which is relevant when you factor in the total cost of ownership, not just raw TFLOPS.

for inference workloads, the difference in latency and throughput on specific models is where the real friction is. if a solution can cut down our operational expenditure by 30% while maintaining acceptable latency, then it wins. if it just spits out a slightly faster training time without a compelling cost reduction, we don't care.