Ascend 910C

H100 equivalents

0.76

Cost per chip

$20K

TDP

700 W

Ascend 910C is an AI chip designed by Huawei, released in October 2024. One unit is worth about 0.76 H100-equivalents of AI compute. It is a variant built specifically for the Chinese market under export controls.

It reaches 8×10¹⁴ FLOP/s at 16-bit precision and 1.5×10¹⁵ OP/s at 8-bit. It carries 119 GB of memory. Epoch AI estimates its cost at roughly $20K per unit.

Timeline

Units sold: 12.5K (2024-03-31) → 150K (2025-12-31)

Full record

Designer: Huawei
Release date: Oct 15, 2024
H100 equivalents: 0.76
16-bit throughput: 8×10¹⁴ FLOP/s
8-bit throughput: 1.5×10¹⁵ OP/s
Memory: 119 GB
Memory bandwidth: 2.9 TB
TDP: 700 W
Approximate cost: $20K
Made for the Chinese market: Yes