Chip comparison
Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) vs Huawei Ascend 910C
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 910C |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | GlobalFoundries 14nm | SMIC N+2 (~7nm) |
| TDP | 375 W | 500 W |
| Memory | 0.23 GB SRAM (230 MB on-die) | 128 GB HBM2e |
| Memory bandwidth | 80,000 GB/s | 3,200 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 188 TFLOPS | 800 TFLOPS |
| BF16 (dense) | — | 800 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 750 TOPS | 1,600 TOPS |
| Form factor | PCIe (GroqCard) / rack-scale GroqRack | OAM |
| Announced | 2020-01-01 | 2024-09-19 |
| Released | 2021-06-01 | 2025-01-01 |
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Common questions
Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) vs Huawei Ascend 910C: which is faster for training?
Huawei Ascend 910C has 4.26x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): 188 TFLOPS; Huawei Ascend 910C: 800 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 910C: which has more memory?
Huawei Ascend 910C carries more HBM (Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): 0.23 GB SRAM (230 MB on-die); Huawei Ascend 910C: 128 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 910C: which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) 0.50 (188 ÷ 375 W); Huawei Ascend 910C 1.60 (800 ÷ 500 W). Huawei Ascend 910C wins at the die level; system-level efficiency also depends on cooling and interconnect.
See also: every chip comparison · Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) full page · Huawei Ascend 910C full page.