Chip comparison
Google TPU v5p vs NVIDIA GB300 (Blackwell Ultra)
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 v5p | NVIDIA GB300 (Blackwell Ultra) |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | — | TSMC 4NP |
| TDP | 300 W | 1400 W |
| Memory | 95 GB HBM2e | 288 GB HBM3e |
| Memory bandwidth | 2,765 GB/s | 8,000 GB/s |
| BF16 (dense) | 459 TFLOPS | — |
| FP8 (dense) | — | 5,000 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 918 TOPS | — |
| Form factor | OAM (per-chip in v5p pod) | Superchip (Blackwell Ultra + Grace) |
| Announced | 2023-12-06 | 2025-03-18 |
| Released | 2024-01-01 | 2025-11-01 |
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Common questions
Google TPU v5p vs NVIDIA GB300 (Blackwell Ultra): which is faster for training?
NVIDIA GB300 (Blackwell Ultra) has 10.89x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Google TPU v5p: 459 TFLOPS; NVIDIA GB300 (Blackwell Ultra): 5,000 TFLOPS). Real-world training speed also depends on memory bandwidth, interconnect, and software stack: see the spec diff for those inputs.
Google TPU v5p vs NVIDIA GB300 (Blackwell Ultra): which has more memory?
NVIDIA GB300 (Blackwell Ultra) carries more HBM (Google TPU v5p: 95 GB HBM2e; NVIDIA GB300 (Blackwell Ultra): 288 GB HBM3e). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
Google TPU v5p vs NVIDIA GB300 (Blackwell Ultra): which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Google TPU v5p 1.53 (459 ÷ 300 W); NVIDIA GB300 (Blackwell Ultra) 3.57 (5,000 ÷ 1400 W). NVIDIA GB300 (Blackwell Ultra) wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
See also: every chip comparison · Google TPU v5p full page · NVIDIA GB300 (Blackwell Ultra) full page.