Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submitlogin

Yes, 450GB/s is the per GPU bandwidth in the nvlink domain. 3.2Tbps is the per-host bandwidth in the scale out IB/Ethernet domain.


I believe this is correct. For an H100, the 4 NVLink switches each have 64 ports supporting 25GB/s each, and each GPU uses a total of 18 ports. This gives us 450GB/s bandwidth within the node. But once you start trying to leave the node, you're limited by the per-node InfiniBand cabling, which only gives you 400GB/s out of the entire node (50GB / GPU).


Is it GBps (gigabytes per second) or Gbps (giga bits per second)? I see mixed usage in this comment thread so I’m left wondering what it actually is.

The article is consistent and uses Gigabytes.


GBps




Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: