Chip comparison
Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) vs NVIDIA B100 (Blackwell)
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) | NVIDIA B100 (Blackwell) |
|---|---|---|
| Process node | GlobalFoundries 14nm | TSMC 4NP |
| TDP | 375 W | 700 W |
| Memory | 0.23 GB SRAM (230 MB on-die) | 192 GB HBM3e |
| Memory bandwidth | 80,000 GB/s | 8,000 GB/s |
| FP16 (dense) | 188 TFLOPS | 1,750 TFLOPS |
| BF16 (dense) | — | 1,750 TFLOPS |
| FP8 (dense) | — | 3,500 TFLOPS |
| INT8 (dense) | 750 TOPS | — |
| Form factor | PCIe (GroqCard) / rack-scale GroqRack | SXM6 (700 W envelope) |
| Announced | 2020-01-01 | 2024-03-18 |
| Released | 2021-06-01 | 2024-11-01 |
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Common questions
Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) vs NVIDIA B100 (Blackwell): which is faster for training?
NVIDIA B100 (Blackwell) has 18.62x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): 188 TFLOPS; NVIDIA B100 (Blackwell): 3,500 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 NVIDIA B100 (Blackwell): which has more memory?
NVIDIA B100 (Blackwell) carries more HBM (Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): 0.23 GB SRAM (230 MB on-die); NVIDIA B100 (Blackwell): 192 GB HBM3e). Memory capacity sets the largest model that fits on one chip without partitioning; memory bandwidth sets inference throughput.
Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) vs NVIDIA B100 (Blackwell): which is more power-efficient?
Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) 0.50 (188 ÷ 375 W); NVIDIA B100 (Blackwell) 5.00 (3,500 ÷ 700 W). NVIDIA B100 (Blackwell) 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 · NVIDIA B100 (Blackwell) full page.