Chip comparison
AMD Instinct MI250X vs Google TPU v5e
Side-by-side specs
Straight from each vendor's datasheet. Winner in bold: higher throughput, memory, or transistor count; lower power draw or price. Sparse (2:4) throughput roughly doubles the FP8/INT8 numbers shown.
| Field | AMD Instinct MI250X | Google TPU v5e |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N6 | — |
| TDP | 560 W | 170 W |
| Memory | 128 GB HBM2e | 16 GB HBM2 |
| Memory bandwidth | 3,200 GB/s | 819 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 383 TFLOPS | — |
| BF16 (dense) | 383 TFLOPS | 197 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 383 TOPS | 393 TOPS |
| Form factor | OAM | OAM (v5e pod, up to 256 chips) |
| Announced | 2021-11-08 | 2023-08-29 |
| Released | 2022-06-01 | 2023-11-01 |
Robots running AMD Instinct MI250X
No robots publicly running it yet.
Robots running Google TPU v5e
No robots publicly running it yet.
Data centers with AMD Instinct MI250X
No data centers publicly running it yet.
Data centers with Google TPU v5e
Common questions
AMD Instinct MI250X vs Google TPU v5e: which is faster for training?
AMD Instinct MI250X has 1.94x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (AMD Instinct MI250X: 383 TFLOPS; Google TPU v5e: 197 TFLOPS). Real-world training speed also depends on memory bandwidth, interconnect, and software stack: see the spec diff for those inputs.
AMD Instinct MI250X vs Google TPU v5e: which has more memory?
AMD Instinct MI250X carries more HBM (AMD Instinct MI250X: 128 GB HBM2e; Google TPU v5e: 16 GB HBM2). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
AMD Instinct MI250X vs Google TPU v5e: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: AMD Instinct MI250X 0.68 (383 ÷ 560 W); Google TPU v5e 1.16 (197 ÷ 170 W). Google TPU v5e wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
AMD Instinct MI250X vs Google TPU v5e: which is more widely used?
AMD Instinct MI250X: 0 robots and 0 data centers publicly running it. Google TPU v5e: 0 robots and 1 data center. Empty here means no operator has said publicly, not zero adoption in the market.
See also: every chip comparison · AMD Instinct MI250X full page · Google TPU v5e full page.