Chip comparison
Biren BR100 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 | Biren BR100 | Google TPU v5p |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N7 | — |
| Transistors (B) | 77 | — |
| TDP | 550 W | 300 W |
| Memory | 64 GB HBM2e | 95 GB HBM2e |
| Memory bandwidth | 2,300 GB/s | 2,765 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 1,024 TFLOPS | — |
| BF16 (dense) | 1,024 TFLOPS | 459 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 2,048 TOPS | 918 TOPS |
| Form factor | OAM | OAM (per-chip in v5p pod) |
| Announced | 2022-08-09 | 2023-12-06 |
| Released | — | 2024-01-01 |
Robots running Biren BR100
No robots publicly running it yet.
Robots running Google TPU v5p
No robots publicly running it yet.
Data centers with Biren BR100
No data centers publicly running it yet.
Data centers with Google TPU v5p
Common questions
Biren BR100 vs Google TPU v5p: which is faster for training?
Biren BR100 has 2.23x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Biren BR100: 1,024 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.
Biren BR100 vs Google TPU v5p: which has more memory?
Google TPU v5p carries more HBM (Biren BR100: 64 GB HBM2e; Google TPU v5p: 95 GB HBM2e). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
Biren BR100 vs Google TPU v5p: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Biren BR100 1.86 (1,024 ÷ 550 W); Google TPU v5p 1.53 (459 ÷ 300 W). Biren BR100 wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
Biren BR100 vs Google TPU v5p: which is more widely used?
Biren BR100: 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 · Biren BR100 full page · Google TPU v5p full page.