Chip comparison
Cambricon MLU370-X8 vs NVIDIA T4 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 | Cambricon MLU370-X8 | NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | TSMC N7 | TSMC 12FFN |
| Transistors (B) | — | 13.6 |
| Die size | — | 545 mm² |
| TDP | 250 W | 70 W |
| Memory | 48 GB LPDDR5 | 16 GB GDDR6 |
| Memory bandwidth | — | 320 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 96 TFLOPS | 65 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 256 TOPS | 130 TOPS |
| Form factor | PCIe | PCIe (single-slot, low-profile) |
| Announced | 2022-03-25 | 2018-09-13 |
| Released | — | 2019-01-01 |
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Common questions
Cambricon MLU370-X8 vs NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU: which is faster for training?
Cambricon MLU370-X8 has 1.48x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Cambricon MLU370-X8: 96 TFLOPS; NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU: 65 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 NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU: which has more memory?
Cambricon MLU370-X8 carries more HBM (Cambricon MLU370-X8: 48 GB LPDDR5; NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU: 16 GB GDDR6). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
Cambricon MLU370-X8 vs NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Cambricon MLU370-X8 0.38 (96 ÷ 250 W); NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU 0.93 (65 ÷ 70 W). NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
See also: every chip comparison · Cambricon MLU370-X8 full page · NVIDIA T4 Tensor Core GPU full page.