AMD MI355X vs Google TPU v7 Ironwood
AMD MI355X comes out ahead of Google TPU v7 Ironwood on 4 of the 6 things that decide this, going by what each maker publishes. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
AMD MI355X takes it, 4–0 on rounds.
On the published figures, AMD MI355X takes 4 of 6 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose AMD MI355X if…
- • You want AMD MI355X's edge on how much memory it has and how fast its memory is
Choose Google TPU v7 Ironwood if…
- • You have a reason to pick Google TPU v7 Ironwood that is not on this list
Round by round
- Round 1How much memory it hasAMD MI355X winsGoogle TPU v7 Ironwood5/10
192 GB HBM
hbm capacity per chip
- 192 GB HBM, against 288 GB HBM3E
Source: docs.cloud.google.com ↗
AMD MI355X wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How fast its memory isAMD MI355X winsGoogle TPU v7 Ironwood5/10
7.37 TB/s
hbm bandwidth per chip
- 7.37 TB/s, against 8 TB/s
Source: blog.google ↗
AMD MI355X wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How fast it runs FP8 AI mathAMD MI355X winsGoogle TPU v7 Ironwood5/10
4,614 TFLOPs
peak fp8 compute per chip
- 4,614 TFLOPs, against 5 PFLOPs
Source: blog.google ↗
AMD MI355X wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4How fast it runs FP16 AI mathAMD MI355X winsGoogle TPU v7 Ironwood5/10
2,307 TFLOPs
BF16 peak per chip (Google publishes no FP16 figure)
- 2,307 TFLOPs, against 2.5 PFLOPs
Source: docs.cloud.google.com ↗
AMD MI355X wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5Which memory generation it usesTie
Nothing to separate them here.
- Round 6How new it isTie
Nothing to separate them here.
Side by side
- peak bf16 compute per chip
- 1400W, against 700 W
- 1400W, against 750W
- 78.6 TFLOPs, against 163.4 TFLOPs
- 1400W, against 1000W
- 192 GB HBM, against 288 GB HBM3E
- 7.37 TB/s, against 8 TB/s
- 4,614 TFLOPs, against 5 PFLOPs
- 2,307 TFLOPs, against 2.5 PFLOPs