Chip comparison
Cambricon MLU370-X8 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 | Cambricon MLU370-X8 | Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N7 | GlobalFoundries 14nm |
| TDP | 250 W | 375 W |
| Memory | 48 GB LPDDR5 | 0.23 GB SRAM (230 MB on-die) |
| Memory bandwidth | — | 80,000 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 96 TFLOPS | 188 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 256 TOPS | 750 TOPS |
| Form factor | PCIe | PCIe (GroqCard) / rack-scale GroqRack |
| Announced | 2022-03-25 | 2020-01-01 |
| Released | — | 2021-06-01 |
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Data centers with Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit)
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Common questions
Cambricon MLU370-X8 vs Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): which is faster for training?
Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) has 1.96x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Cambricon MLU370-X8: 96 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.
Cambricon MLU370-X8 vs Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): which has more memory?
Cambricon MLU370-X8 carries more HBM (Cambricon MLU370-X8: 48 GB LPDDR5; 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.
Cambricon MLU370-X8 vs Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Cambricon MLU370-X8 0.38 (96 ÷ 250 W); Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) 0.50 (188 ÷ 375 W). Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
See also: every chip comparison · Cambricon MLU370-X8 full page · Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) full page.