AI BriefingGaudi2 delivers 2x faster performance than Nvidia A100
Key point
Habana Gaudi2 recorded roughly 2x faster performance than Nvidia A100 80GB in BERT training and Stable Diffusion inference, among others.
Details
In benchmark results comparing Habana Labs' second-generation AI accelerator, Gaudi2, with the Nvidia A100 80GB, Gaudi2 recorded roughly 2x faster performance in both training and inference.
Key benchmark results are as follows:
- BERT Pre-training: Gaudi2 showed about 3.04x faster speed compared to the first-generation Gaudi, improving training efficiency by leveraging larger batch sizes.
- Stable Diffusion inference and T5-3B Fine-tuning: Gaudi2 demonstrated superior performance compared to the Nvidia A100 80GB.
Users can take advantage of an easy interface between the Transformers and Diffusers libraries and SynapseAI through the 🤗 Optimum Habana library. Notably, since Gaudi2 uses the same SDK as the first-generation Gaudi, existing workflows can be used as-is without modification.
Gaudi2 is accessible through Intel Developer Cloud, where servers containing 8 accelerator devices can accelerate large-scale model training and inference.
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