Chip comparison
AMD Instinct MI300X vs Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit)
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 MI300X | Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N5 + N6 (chiplet) | GlobalFoundries 14nm |
| Transistors (B) | 153 | — |
| TDP | 750 W | 375 W |
| Memory | 192 GB HBM3 | 0.23 GB SRAM (230 MB on-die) |
| Memory bandwidth | 5,300 GB/s | 80,000 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 1,307 TFLOPS | 188 TFLOPS |
| BF16 (dense) | 1,307 TFLOPS | — |
| FP8 (dense) | 2,614 TFLOPS | — |
| INT8 (dense) | 2,614 TOPS | 750 TOPS |
| Launch price (list) | $15,000 | — |
| Form factor | OAM | PCIe (GroqCard) / rack-scale GroqRack |
| Announced | 2023-12-06 | 2020-01-01 |
| Released | 2024-01-01 | 2021-06-01 |
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Common questions
AMD Instinct MI300X vs Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): which is faster for training?
AMD Instinct MI300X has 13.90x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (AMD Instinct MI300X: 2,614 TFLOPS; Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): 188 TFLOPS). Real-world training speed also depends on memory bandwidth, interconnect, and software stack: see the spec diff for those inputs.
AMD Instinct MI300X vs Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): which has more memory?
AMD Instinct MI300X carries more HBM (AMD Instinct MI300X: 192 GB HBM3; Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): 0.23 GB SRAM (230 MB on-die)). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
AMD Instinct MI300X vs Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: AMD Instinct MI300X 3.49 (2,614 ÷ 750 W); Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) 0.50 (188 ÷ 375 W). AMD Instinct MI300X wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
See also: every chip comparison · AMD Instinct MI300X full page · Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) full page.