Chip comparison
AMD Instinct MI350 series 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 MI350 series | Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N3 (chiplet) | GlobalFoundries 14nm |
| TDP | 1000 W | 375 W |
| Memory | 288 GB HBM3e | 0.23 GB SRAM (230 MB on-die) |
| Memory bandwidth | 8,000 GB/s | 80,000 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 2,300 TFLOPS | 188 TFLOPS |
| BF16 (dense) | 2,300 TFLOPS | — |
| FP8 (dense) | 4,600 TFLOPS | — |
| INT8 (dense) | 4,600 TOPS | 750 TOPS |
| Form factor | OAM | PCIe (GroqCard) / rack-scale GroqRack |
| Announced | 2025-06-12 | 2020-01-01 |
| Released | 2025-10-01 | 2021-06-01 |
Robots running AMD Instinct MI350 series
No robots publicly running it yet.
Robots running Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit)
No robots publicly running it yet.
Data centers with AMD Instinct MI350 series
Data centers with Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit)
No data centers publicly running it yet.
Common questions
AMD Instinct MI350 series vs Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): which is faster for training?
AMD Instinct MI350 series has 24.47x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (AMD Instinct MI350 series: 4,600 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 MI350 series vs Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): which has more memory?
AMD Instinct MI350 series carries more HBM (AMD Instinct MI350 series: 288 GB HBM3e; 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 MI350 series vs Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: AMD Instinct MI350 series 4.60 (4,600 ÷ 1000 W); Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) 0.50 (188 ÷ 375 W). AMD Instinct MI350 series wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
AMD Instinct MI350 series vs Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): which is more widely used?
AMD Instinct MI350 series: 0 robots and 1 data center publicly running it. Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): 0 robots and 0 data centers. Empty here means no operator has said publicly, not zero adoption in the market.
See also: every chip comparison · AMD Instinct MI350 series full page · Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) full page.