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Benchmarks

Deep Learning GPU Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]

Resnet50 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
3042
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
4197
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
11989
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
15945
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
30070
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
41496

Resnet50 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Resnet50 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
1350
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
1903
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
5513
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
7828
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
14725
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
20616

Resnet50 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Resnet152 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
1232
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
1701
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
4858
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
6461
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
12411
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
17128

Resnet152 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Resnet152 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
520
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
733
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
2124
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
3015
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
5950
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
8331

Resnet152 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Inception V3 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
1835
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
2532
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
7232
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
9618
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
15827
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
21842

Inception V3 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Inception V3 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
854
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
1204
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
3487
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
4952
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
9837
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
13771

Inception V3 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Inception V4 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
848
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
1170
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
3343
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
4446
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
6819
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
9411

Inception V4 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Inception V4 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
380
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
535
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
1551
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
2202
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
4496
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
6294

Inception V4 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

VGG16 (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
1085
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
1497
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
4276
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
5687
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
15908
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
21953

VGG16 (FP16 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

VGG16 (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
776
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
1095
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
3171
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
4503
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
8762
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
12267

VGG16 (FP32 XLA)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Googlenet (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Googlenet (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

3D, GPU Rendering Benchmarks 2024–2025 [Updated]

V-Ray

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Octane

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Redshift

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Blender

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
5069.86
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Luxmark

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Unreal Engine

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

RELION Cryo-EM Benchmarks 2024-2025 [Updated]

Total run time

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

BERT LARGE Training, Inference Benchmark 2024-2025 [Updated]

Training Time (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Performance (FP16)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Training Time (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Performance (FP32)

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
8 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Llama3 70B Inference Benchmark 2024–2025 [Updated]

Eval rate

1 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
2 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a
4 GPU
NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe)
n/a
NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
n/a

Technical Specifications

Board Design

NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe) NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
Length 268 mm mm
Outputs No outputs No outputs
Power Connectors 8-pin EPS None
Slot width Dual-slot N/A
TDP 700 W 700 W

Clock Speeds

NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe) NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
Boost Clock 1837 MHz 1837 MHz
GPU Clock 1665 MHz 1665 MHz
Memory Clock 5300 MHz 5300 MHz

Graphics Card

NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe) NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
Bus Interface PCIe 5.0 x16 PCIe 5.0 x16
Generation Server Hopper (Hxx) Server Hopper (Hxx)

Graphics Features

NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe) NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
OpenCL 3.0 3.0
CUDA 9.0 9.0

Graphics Processor

NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe) NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
Architecture Hopper Hopper
Die Size 814 mm2 814 mm2
GPU Name GH100 GH100
Process Size 5 nm 5 nm
Transistors 80000 million 80000 million

Memory

NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe) NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
Bandwidth 3360 GB/s 3360 GB/s
Memory Bus 5120 bit 5120 bit
Memory Size 96 GB 96 GB
Memory Type HBM3 HBM3

Render Config

NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe) NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
ROPs 24 24
Shading Units/ CUDA Cores 16896 16896
TMUs 528 528
Tensor Cores 528 528

Theoretical Performance

NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe) NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
FP16 (half) performance 248.3 TFLOPS 248.3 TFLOPS
FP32 (float) performance 62.08 TFLOPS 62.08 TFLOPS
FP64 (double) performance 31040 GFLOPS 31040 GFLOPS
Pixel Rate 44.09 GPixel/s 44.09 GPixel/s
Texture Rate 969.9 GTexel/s 969.9 GTexel/s

Price

NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe) NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
Release Date Mar 21st, 2023 Mar 21st, 2023

Test bench configuration

NVIDIA H100 NVL (PCIe) NVIDIA H100 NVL (SXM5)
Hardware BIZON X5000 More details BIZON X5000 More details
Software 3D Rendering:
VRay Benchmark: 5
Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5
Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo
Blender: 2.90
Luxmark: 3.1
3D Rendering:
VRay Benchmark: 5
Octane Benchmark: 2020.1.5
Redshift Benchmark: 3.0.28 Demo
Blender: 2.90
Luxmark: 3.1

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