Chip comparison
Biren BR100 vs NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU
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 | NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N7 | TSMC 4N |
| Transistors (B) | 77 | 80 |
| Die size | — | 814 mm² |
| TDP | 550 W | 700 W |
| Memory | 64 GB HBM2e | 80 GB HBM3 |
| Memory bandwidth | 2,300 GB/s | 3,350 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 1,024 TFLOPS | 989 TFLOPS |
| BF16 (dense) | 1,024 TFLOPS | 989 TFLOPS |
| FP8 (dense) | — | 1,979 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 2,048 TOPS | 1,979 TOPS |
| Launch price (list) | — | $30,000 |
| Form factor | OAM | SXM5 |
| Announced | 2022-08-09 | 2022-03-22 |
| Released | — | 2022-10-13 |
Robots running Biren BR100
No robots publicly running it yet.
Robots running NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU
No robots publicly running it yet.
Data centers with Biren BR100
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Common questions
Biren BR100 vs NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU: which is faster for training?
NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU has 1.93x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Biren BR100: 1,024 TFLOPS; NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU: 1,979 TFLOPS). Real-world training speed also depends on memory bandwidth, interconnect, and software stack: see the spec diff for those inputs.
Biren BR100 vs NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU: which has more memory?
NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU carries more HBM (Biren BR100: 64 GB HBM2e; NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU: 80 GB HBM3). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
Biren BR100 vs NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Biren BR100 1.86 (1,024 ÷ 550 W); NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU 2.83 (1,979 ÷ 700 W). NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
Biren BR100 vs NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU: which is more widely used?
Biren BR100: 0 robots and 0 data centers publicly running it. NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU: 0 robots and 7 data centers. Empty here means no operator has said publicly, not zero adoption in the market.
See also: every chip comparison · Biren BR100 full page · NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU full page.