Intel128 GB VRAM3,300 GB/s$2/hr

Qwen3.8 27B (VLM) on Intel Gaudi 3 128GB: Does It Fit, How Fast, What It Costs

Qwen3.8 27B (VLM) at FP8 (E4M3) needs 27.8 GB for its weights and 33.3 GB in total at 8K context with 8 concurrent users. That means it fits on a single Intel Gaudi 3 128GB. Every figure is computed by tokcalc's open-source capacity model.

Fits?
Yes, 1 GPU
33.3 GB needed / 128 GB available
Decode speed
115.8
tok/s per stream
Aggregate
1390
tok/s @ 8 concurrent
Cost / 1M tokens
$0.3997
1× Intel Gaudi 3 128GB
What changes as you add Intel Gaudi 3 128GBs
Tensor-parallel degree vs VRAM, throughput, and cost. Cost scales linearly with GPU count; decode throughput scales near-linearly too, so cost per token stays roughly flat.
GPUsTotal VRAMVRAM neededDecode tok/sAggregate tok/sTTFTCost / 1M tokFits?
1× Intel128 GB33.3 GB115.81390534.7 ms$0.3997✓
2× Intel256 GB33.3 GB196.94725283.1 ms$0.2351✓
4× Intel512 GB33.3 GB393.818901156.6 ms$0.1176✓
8× Intel1024 GB33.3 GB787.67560593.3 ms$0.0588✓
Concurrency vs context length
On 1× Intel Gaudi 3 128GB at FP8 (E4M3). KV cache scales linearly with context, so this is the number of users your GPUs can actually serve.
ContextConcurrent usersKV per requestFits?
4K2381.07 GB✓ fits
8K1452.15 GB✓ fits
33K438.59 GB✓ fits
66K2217.18 GB✓ fits
131K1134.36 GB✓ fits
Other GPUs that run Qwen3.8 27B (VLM)
Same workload, same quantization — ranked by value (tokens per dollar-hour).
GPUGPUsAggregate tok/sCost / 1M tok
RTX 5090 32GB2×2566$0.1083
AMD MI300X 192GB1×2232$0.3111
A100 40GB SXM41×652.8$0.3830
AMD MI325X 288GB1×2527$0.3847
A100 80GB SXM41×842.3$0.3957
H100 SXM5 80GB1×1411$0.4922
Frequently asked questions

Can Qwen3.8 27B (VLM) run on Intel Gaudi 3 128GB?

Yes. Qwen3.8 27B (VLM) at FP8 (E4M3) needs 33.3 GB including the KV cache, and Intel Gaudi 3 128GB has 128 GB — so it fits on a single GPU.

How fast is Qwen3.8 27B (VLM) on Intel Gaudi 3 128GB?

115.8 tokens/sec per stream and 1390 tok/s aggregate with continuous batching at 8 concurrent users. Time to first token is 534.7 ms, and inter-token latency is 8.6 ms.

What does Qwen3.8 27B (VLM) on Intel Gaudi 3 128GB cost per million tokens?

$0.3997 per 1M output tokens at 1× Intel Gaudi 3 128GB ($2.00/hr). That is the marginal hardware cost — add idle capacity, ops, and egress for the real figure.

How much VRAM does Qwen3.8 27B (VLM) need on Intel Gaudi 3 128GB?

27.8 GB for the weights at FP8 (E4M3), plus 5.5 GB of KV cache for 8 concurrent requests at 8K context — 33.3 GB total. Every extra concurrent user at long context costs more, so leave headroom.

Is Intel Gaudi 3 128GB the right choice for Qwen3.8 27B (VLM)?

It works. Compare $0.3997 per 1M tokens against the alternatives below — the cheapest option that fits the same workload is 4× RTX 3080 10GB at $0.0511, and the fastest is 1× Cerebras CS-3 (WSE-3) at 8423 tok/s.

Adjust the workload yourself

Same formulas, your context length, concurrency, and quantisation.

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