Chip comparison
Biren BR100 vs Huawei Ascend 910B
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 | Huawei Ascend 910B |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N7 | SMIC N+2 (~7nm) |
| Transistors (B) | 77 | — |
| TDP | 550 W | 400 W |
| Memory | 64 GB HBM2e | 64 GB HBM2e |
| Memory bandwidth | 2,300 GB/s | 1,600 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 1,024 TFLOPS | 400 TFLOPS |
| BF16 (dense) | 1,024 TFLOPS | 400 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 2,048 TOPS | 800 TOPS |
| Form factor | OAM | OAM (Atlas 300T A2) |
| Announced | 2022-08-09 | 2023-08-01 |
| Released | — | 2023-08-01 |
Robots running Biren BR100
No robots publicly running it yet.
Robots running Huawei Ascend 910B
Data centers with Biren BR100
No data centers publicly running it yet.
Data centers with Huawei Ascend 910B
Common questions
Biren BR100 vs Huawei Ascend 910B: which is faster for training?
Biren BR100 has 2.56x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Biren BR100: 1,024 TFLOPS; Huawei Ascend 910B: 400 TFLOPS). Real-world training speed also depends on memory bandwidth, interconnect, and software stack: see the spec diff for those inputs.
Biren BR100 vs Huawei Ascend 910B: which has more memory?
Huawei Ascend 910B carries more HBM (Biren BR100: 64 GB HBM2e; Huawei Ascend 910B: 64 GB HBM2e). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
Biren BR100 vs Huawei Ascend 910B: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Biren BR100 1.86 (1,024 ÷ 550 W); Huawei Ascend 910B 1.00 (400 ÷ 400 W). Biren BR100 wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
Biren BR100 vs Huawei Ascend 910B: which is more widely used?
Biren BR100: 0 robots and 0 data centers publicly running it. Huawei Ascend 910B: 2 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 · Huawei Ascend 910B full page.