Chip comparison
AMD Instinct MI325X vs Google TPU v5p
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 MI325X | Google TPU v5p |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N5 + N6 (chiplet) | — |
| TDP | 1000 W | 300 W |
| Memory | 256 GB HBM3e | 95 GB HBM2e |
| Memory bandwidth | 6,000 GB/s | 2,765 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 1,307 TFLOPS | — |
| BF16 (dense) | 1,307 TFLOPS | 459 TFLOPS |
| FP8 (dense) | 2,614 TFLOPS | — |
| INT8 (dense) | 2,614 TOPS | 918 TOPS |
| Form factor | OAM | OAM (per-chip in v5p pod) |
| Announced | 2024-10-10 | 2023-12-06 |
| Released | 2025-01-01 | 2024-01-01 |
Robots running AMD Instinct MI325X
No robots publicly running it yet.
Robots running Google TPU v5p
No robots publicly running it yet.
Data centers with AMD Instinct MI325X
No data centers publicly running it yet.
Data centers with Google TPU v5p
Common questions
AMD Instinct MI325X vs Google TPU v5p: which is faster for training?
AMD Instinct MI325X has 5.69x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (AMD Instinct MI325X: 2,614 TFLOPS; Google TPU v5p: 459 TFLOPS). Real-world training speed also depends on memory bandwidth, interconnect, and software stack: see the spec diff for those inputs.
AMD Instinct MI325X vs Google TPU v5p: which has more memory?
AMD Instinct MI325X carries more HBM (AMD Instinct MI325X: 256 GB HBM3e; Google TPU v5p: 95 GB HBM2e). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
AMD Instinct MI325X vs Google TPU v5p: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: AMD Instinct MI325X 2.61 (2,614 ÷ 1000 W); Google TPU v5p 1.53 (459 ÷ 300 W). AMD Instinct MI325X wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
AMD Instinct MI325X vs Google TPU v5p: which is more widely used?
AMD Instinct MI325X: 0 robots and 0 data centers publicly running it. Google TPU v5p: 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 MI325X full page · Google TPU v5p full page.