Chip comparison
Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) vs Huawei Ascend 910B
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 | Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) | Huawei Ascend 910B |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | GlobalFoundries 14nm | SMIC N+2 (~7nm) |
| TDP | 375 W | 400 W |
| Memory | 0.23 GB SRAM (230 MB on-die) | 64 GB HBM2e |
| Memory bandwidth | 80,000 GB/s | 1,600 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 188 TFLOPS | 400 TFLOPS |
| BF16 (dense) | — | 400 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 750 TOPS | 800 TOPS |
| Form factor | PCIe (GroqCard) / rack-scale GroqRack | OAM (Atlas 300T A2) |
| Announced | 2020-01-01 | 2023-08-01 |
| Released | 2021-06-01 | 2023-08-01 |
Robots running Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit)
No robots publicly running it yet.
Robots running Huawei Ascend 910B
Data centers with Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit)
No data centers publicly running it yet.
Data centers with Huawei Ascend 910B
Common questions
Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) vs Huawei Ascend 910B: which is faster for training?
Huawei Ascend 910B has 2.13x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): 188 TFLOPS; Huawei Ascend 910B: 400 TFLOPS). Real-world training speed also depends on memory bandwidth, interconnect, and software stack: see the spec diff for those inputs.
Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) vs Huawei Ascend 910B: which has more memory?
Huawei Ascend 910B carries more HBM (Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): 0.23 GB SRAM (230 MB on-die); Huawei Ascend 910B: 64 GB HBM2e). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) vs Huawei Ascend 910B: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) 0.50 (188 ÷ 375 W); Huawei Ascend 910B 1.00 (400 ÷ 400 W). Huawei Ascend 910B wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) vs Huawei Ascend 910B: which is more widely used?
Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): 0 robots and 0 data centers publicly running it. Huawei Ascend 910B: 2 robots and 1 data center. Empty here means no operator has said publicly, not zero adoption in the market.
See also: every chip comparison · Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) full page · Huawei Ascend 910B full page.