Graphcore brings new competition to Nvidia in latest MLPerf AI benchmarks
By Tiernan Ray | June 30, 2021 -- 17:00 GMT (10:00 PDT) | Topic: Artificial Intelligence
MLPerf, the benchmark suite of tests for how long it takes to train a computer to perform machine learning tasks, has a new contender with the release Wednesday of results showing Graphcore, the Bristol, U.K.-based startup, notching respectable times versus the two consistent heavyweights, Nvidia and Google.
Graphcore, which was founded five years ago and has $710 million in financing, didn't take the top score in any of the MLPerf tests, but it reported results that are significant when compared with the other two in terms of number of chips used.
