Chip comparison
Google TPU v5e 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 | Google TPU v5e | Intel Gaudi 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | — | TSMC N7 |
| TDP | 170 W | 600 W |
| Memory | 16 GB HBM2 | 96 GB HBM2e |
| Memory bandwidth | 819 GB/s | 2,450 GB/s |
| BF16 (dense) | 197 TFLOPS | 432 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 393 TOPS | — |
| Form factor | OAM (v5e pod, up to 256 chips) | OAM |
| Announced | 2023-08-29 | 2022-05-10 |
| Released | 2023-11-01 | 2022-09-01 |
Robots running Google TPU v5e
No robots publicly running it yet.
Robots running Intel Gaudi 2
No robots publicly running it yet.
Data centers with Google TPU v5e
Data centers with Intel Gaudi 2
No data centers publicly running it yet.
Common questions
Google TPU v5e vs Intel Gaudi 2: which is faster for training?
Intel Gaudi 2 has 2.19x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Google TPU v5e: 197 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.
Google TPU v5e vs Intel Gaudi 2: which has more memory?
Intel Gaudi 2 carries more HBM (Google TPU v5e: 16 GB HBM2; Intel Gaudi 2: 96 GB HBM2e). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
Google TPU v5e vs Intel Gaudi 2: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Google TPU v5e 1.16 (197 ÷ 170 W); Intel Gaudi 2 0.72 (432 ÷ 600 W). Google TPU v5e wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
Google TPU v5e vs Intel Gaudi 2: which is more widely used?
Google TPU v5e: 0 robots and 1 data center publicly running it. Intel Gaudi 2: 0 robots and 0 data centers. Empty here means no operator has said publicly, not zero adoption in the market.
See also: every chip comparison · Google TPU v5e full page · Intel Gaudi 2 full page.