Intel Gaudi 2 vs NVIDIA A16

Intel Gaudi 2
NVIDIA A16
6144 Shaders
96GB HBM2e
550MHz
4x 1280 Shaders
64GB (4x 16GB) GDDR6
1695MHz
Peak AI Performance
865.08 TFLOPS
FP8 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
Peak AI Performance
555.42 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
FP32
5.5 TFLOPS
FP32
17.36 TFLOPS
FP16
11 TFLOPS
FP16
17.36 TFLOPS
Form Factor
OAM Module
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Form Factor
PCIe Card
2.0-Slots
TDP
600W
TDP
250W
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Power Connectors
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GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Metal N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB6 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 OpenCL N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 CUDA N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Metal N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
GB5 Vulkan N/A
0%
OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT 2020.1 N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
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OCT Metal N/A
0%
Peak AI Performance
865.08 TFLOPS
FP8 Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
Peak AI Performance
555.42 TOPS
INT4 Tensor Sparse
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FP8
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865.08 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
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FP16
11 TFLOPS
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FP16
17.36 TFLOPS
69.43 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate)
138.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP16 Accumulate) Sparse
69.43 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate)
138.86 TFLOPS Tensor (FP32 Accumulate) Sparse
FP32
5.5 TFLOPS
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FP32
17.36 TFLOPS
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FP64
270 GFLOPS
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BF16
11 TFLOPS
432.54 TFLOPS Tensor
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BF16
17.36 TFLOPS
69.43 TFLOPS Tensor
138.86 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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TF32
34.71 TFLOPS Tensor
69.42 TFLOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT4
277.71 TOPS Tensor
555.42 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT8
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138.86 TOPS Tensor
277.71 TOPS Tensor Sparse
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INT32
8.68 TOPS
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Ray Tracing
8.5 TOPS
Pixel Fillrate
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Pixel Fillrate
54.24 GPixel/s
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Texture Fillrate
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Texture Fillrate
67.8 GTexel/s
Manufacturer
Intel
Manufacturer
NVIDIA
Chip Designer
Intel
Chip Designer
NVIDIA
Architecture
Gaudi 2
Architecture
Ampere
Family
Gaudi
Family
Server
Codename
Gaudi 2
HL-2080
Variant
HL-2080
Codename
NV177
GA107
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Market Segment
Server
Market Segment
Server
Release Date
5/1/2022
Release Date
4/12/2021
Foundry
TSMC
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Foundry
Samsung
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Fabrication Node
N7
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Fabrication Node
8N
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Die Size
4x 200 mm²
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Transistor Count
4x 8.7 Billion
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Transistor Density
43.50M/mm²
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Form
OAM Module
Form
PCIe Card
Shading Units
6144 Shaders
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Shading Units
4x 1280 Shaders
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Texture Mapping Units
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Texture Mapping Units
4x 40 TMUs
Render Output Units
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Render Output Units
4x 32 ROPs
Tensor Cores
24 T-Cores
Tensor Cores
4x 40 T-Cores
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Ray-Tracing Cores
4x 10 RT-Cores
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Streaming Multiprocessors
4x 10 SMs
Compute Units
2 CUs
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550MHz
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885MHz Base
1695MHz
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L1
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Unknown
L1
64KB/SM Tex
128KB/SM
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L2
Unknown
L2
2MB Shared
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96GB
HBM2e
ECC
64GB (4x 16GB)
GDDR6
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Bus Width
6144Bit
Bus Width
128Bit
Clock
1596MHz
Transfer Rate
3.2GT/s
Bandwidth
2451.5GB/s
Clock
905MHz
Transfer Rate
7.2GT/s
Bandwidth
115.9GB/s
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eSRAM
48MB
6400GB/s
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TDP
600W
TDP
250W
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No Ports
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No Ports
Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution
Unknown
Max Resolution Refresh Rate
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Max Resolution Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
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Variable Refresh Rate
G-Sync
FreeSync
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Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Display Stream Compression (DSC)
Not Supported
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
Multi Monitor Support
Unknown
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No Encoders
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Model
NVENC 7
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Codec
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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No Decoders
Model
NVDEC 5
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Codec
MPEG-1
MPEG-2
MPEG-4
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VC-1
VP8
VP9
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AVC (H.264)
HEVC (H.265)
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AV1
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Direct X
12
Direct 3D
12_2
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OpenCL
3.0
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OpenGL
4.6
OpenCL
3.0
Vulkan
1.2
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Shader Model
6.6
CUDA
8.6
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PureVideo HD
VP11
VDPAU
Feature Set K
Not a Card
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Power Connectors
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1x 8-Pin EPS
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PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
16
Slots Required
2.0
PCIe Version
4.0
PCIe Lanes
8
Multi GPU Support
Supported
Type
RoCE
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Height
112 mm (4.41 in)
Width
267 mm (10.51 in)
Depth
40 mm (1.57 in)
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