Chip comparison
AMD Instinct MI300X vs Intel Gaudi 3
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 | Intel Gaudi 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N5 + N6 (chiplet) | TSMC N5 |
| Transistors (B) | 153 | — |
| TDP | 750 W | 900 W |
| Memory | 192 GB HBM3 | 128 GB HBM2e |
| Memory bandwidth | 5,300 GB/s | 3,675 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 1,307 TFLOPS | 1,835 TFLOPS |
| BF16 (dense) | 1,307 TFLOPS | 1,835 TFLOPS |
| FP8 (dense) | 2,614 TFLOPS | 1,835 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 2,614 TOPS | — |
| Launch price (list) | $15,000 | — |
| Form factor | OAM | OAM |
| Announced | 2023-12-06 | 2024-04-09 |
| Released | 2024-01-01 | 2024-09-01 |
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Common questions
AMD Instinct MI300X vs Intel Gaudi 3: which is faster for training?
AMD Instinct MI300X has 1.42x the dense FP8 throughput of the other (AMD Instinct MI300X: 2,614 TFLOPS; Intel Gaudi 3: 1,835 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 Intel Gaudi 3: which has more memory?
AMD Instinct MI300X carries more HBM (AMD Instinct MI300X: 192 GB HBM3; Intel Gaudi 3: 128 GB HBM2e). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
AMD Instinct MI300X vs Intel Gaudi 3: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP8 TFLOPS per watt: AMD Instinct MI300X 3.49 (2,614 ÷ 750 W); Intel Gaudi 3 2.04 (1,835 ÷ 900 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 · Intel Gaudi 3 full page.