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Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) vs Tesla Dojo D1

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.

FieldGroq LPU (Language Processing Unit)Tesla Dojo D1
Process nodeGlobalFoundries 14nmTSMC N7
Transistors (B)50
Die size645 mm²
TDP375 W400 W
Memory0.23 GB SRAM (230 MB on-die)
Memory bandwidth80,000 GB/s
FP16 (dense)188 TFLOPS
BF16 (dense)362 TFLOPS
FP8 (dense)362 TFLOPS
INT8 (dense)750 TOPS
Form factorPCIe (GroqCard) / rack-scale GroqRackTraining tile (25 D1 chips per tile)
Announced2020-01-012021-08-19
Released2021-06-012023-07-01

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Common questions

Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) vs Tesla Dojo D1: which is faster for training?

Tesla Dojo D1 has 1.93x the dense FP16/BF16 throughput of the other (Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit): 188 TFLOPS; Tesla Dojo D1: 362 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 Tesla Dojo D1: which is more power-efficient?

Dense FP16/BF16 TFLOPS per watt: Groq LPU (Language Processing Unit) 0.50 (188 ÷ 375 W); Tesla Dojo D1 0.91 (362 ÷ 400 W). Tesla Dojo D1 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 · Tesla Dojo D1 full page.