Chip comparison
Cambricon MLU370-X8 vs Intel Gaudi 2
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 | Intel Gaudi 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N7 | TSMC N7 |
| TDP | 250 W | 600 W |
| Memory | 48 GB LPDDR5 | 96 GB HBM2e |
| Memory bandwidth | — | 2,450 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 96 TFLOPS | — |
| BF16 (dense) | — | 432 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 256 TOPS | — |
| Form factor | PCIe | OAM |
| Announced | 2022-03-25 | 2022-05-10 |
| Released | — | 2022-09-01 |
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Common questions
Cambricon MLU370-X8 vs Intel Gaudi 2: which is faster for training?
Intel Gaudi 2 has 4.50x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Cambricon MLU370-X8: 96 TFLOPS; Intel Gaudi 2: 432 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 Intel Gaudi 2: which has more memory?
Intel Gaudi 2 carries more HBM (Cambricon MLU370-X8: 48 GB LPDDR5; Intel Gaudi 2: 96 GB HBM2e). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
Cambricon MLU370-X8 vs Intel Gaudi 2: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Cambricon MLU370-X8 0.38 (96 ÷ 250 W); Intel Gaudi 2 0.72 (432 ÷ 600 W). Intel Gaudi 2 wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
See also: every chip comparison · Cambricon MLU370-X8 full page · Intel Gaudi 2 full page.