Chip comparison
Biren BR100 vs Cambricon MLU370-X8
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 | Biren BR100 | Cambricon MLU370-X8 |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N7 | TSMC N7 |
| Transistors (B) | 77 | — |
| TDP | 550 W | 250 W |
| Memory | 64 GB HBM2e | 48 GB LPDDR5 |
| Memory bandwidth | 2,300 GB/s | — |
| FP16 (dense) | 1,024 TFLOPS | 96 TFLOPS |
| BF16 (dense) | 1,024 TFLOPS | — |
| INT8 (dense) | 2,048 TOPS | 256 TOPS |
| Form factor | OAM | PCIe |
| Announced | 2022-08-09 | 2022-03-25 |
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Common questions
Biren BR100 vs Cambricon MLU370-X8: which is faster for training?
Biren BR100 has 10.67x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Biren BR100: 1,024 TFLOPS; Cambricon MLU370-X8: 96 TFLOPS). Real-world training speed also depends on memory bandwidth, interconnect, and software stack: see the spec diff for those inputs.
Biren BR100 vs Cambricon MLU370-X8: which has more memory?
Biren BR100 carries more HBM (Biren BR100: 64 GB HBM2e; Cambricon MLU370-X8: 48 GB LPDDR5). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
Biren BR100 vs Cambricon MLU370-X8: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Biren BR100 1.86 (1,024 ÷ 550 W); Cambricon MLU370-X8 0.38 (96 ÷ 250 W). Biren BR100 wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
See also: every chip comparison · Biren BR100 full page · Cambricon MLU370-X8 full page.