A100 performance

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Hi,
Not 100% CUDA related question, but I guess this group would know best.
Intel released their new ICE LAKE CPU, and it claims it runs 1.3x faster than A100.
Look for “nvidia” here: 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors - 1 | Performance Index

Any idea how this information possible?

thanks
Eyal

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Unless I missed it, there is not nearly enough information about the benchmarks (and configurations) used to establish that number. Based on my experience I’d guess it’s a carefully cherry-picked selection. Maybe with an emphasis on very large memory scenarios.

If NVIDIA can be bothered to respond, I would expect their marketing department to counter by puzzling out a different set of cherry-picked scenarios that shows the A100 remains ahead.

Get a bucket of popcorn, have a seat on the couch, and enjoy the show :-)

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Thanks @njuffa :)
Would be indeed very interesting to see NVIDIA’s official response.
I couldn’t find GB/s and Flops for the ICE Lake either… furthermore they say that the HPC loads are ~50% faster than their previous CPU gen, so that also makes the 1.3x claim even weirder.

I’ll go prepare my bag of popcorn ;)

thanks
Eyal