SambaNova SN40L
Reconfigurable dataflow units with three-tier memory for serving many models per node.
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SambaNova SN40L vs Intel Gaudi 3
SambaNova SN40L (SambaNova) and Intel Gaudi 3 (Intel) both sit in Chips & Compute. Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | SambaNova SN40L SambaNova | Intel Gaudi 3 Intel |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Chips & Compute | Chips & Compute |
| Version | SN40L | 1.24.0 |
| Entry cost | Free tier available for exploration; pay-as-you-go and enterprise plans also available. | Pricing not public. Enterprise hardware/cloud access. |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · Developer Pay as you go free · Enterprise free | OEM/cloud free |
| Model stack | DeepSeek-V3.1 · gpt-oss-120b · Llama / DeepSeek open weights · Llama 3.1 · Llama 3.1 (8B, 70B, 405B) · Llama 3.1 405B · Llama 3.1 70B · Llama 3.1 8B · MiniMax M2.7 · RDU dataflow · SambaRack SN40-16 · SN40L RDU | Accelerator · Intel Gaudi 2 · Intel Gaudi 3 |
| Context window | — | n/a |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 6 | 6 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | three-tier memory, many models per node, fast open-model serving, Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU), Three-tier memory architecture, Dataflow processing, Low power inference, Multi-model concurrency | 128GB HBM2e, Open Ethernet scale-out, PyTorch native, oneAPI toolchain, Price-performance focus, PyTorch Support, vLLM Integration, DeepSpeed Training |
Intel Gaudi 3
Gaudi 3 targets price-performance against Nvidia parts with open Ethernet scale-out and an oneAPI/PyTorch software path.
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