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NVIDIA H100 NVL vs NVIDIA H100 PCIe for AI

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On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA H100 NVL scores 1.14x the NVIDIA H100 PCIe overall (Training 1.22x, Inference 1.08x, Compute 1.13x).

Scores on the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index

Ratio = the H100 NVL's score divided by the H100 PCIe's
ScoreRatioH100 NVLH100 PCIe
Overall (GT)1.14x692.67606.24
Training1.22x588.50484.04
Inference1.08x1123.941039.63
Compute1.13x347.75306.52

Per Model and Precision

Sustained throughput per model and precision; ratio = H100 NVL / H100 PCIe
ModelPrecisionRatioH100 NVLH100 PCIe
compute
Dense MatMulBF160.93x715.56768.57
Dense MatMulFP161.01x696.38689.31
Dense MatMulFP321.56x706.80453.31
Dense MatMulFP641.02x240.90236.33
Sparse MatMulFP321.20x143.02119.54
Sparse MatMulFP641.17x254.53218.28
inference
DistilBERTFP161.05x1714.391632.34
DistilBERTFP81.11x912.88820.82
DistilBERTINT81.06x720.85678.29
DistilGPT2FP160.91x2084.272285.68
DistilGPT2FP81.01x1194.181180.17
DistilGPT2INT81.04x954.30920.38
Flan-T5 SmallFP161.01x2327.682301.17
Flan-T5 SmallFP81.17x1356.971161.48
Flan-T5 SmallINT81.15x947.28820.62
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP161.13x748.98663.07
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP81.10x368.62335.28
GraphGPS (Peptides)INT81.09x341.34311.92
MobileNetV3FP161.18x2187.521853.75
MobileNetV3INT81.24x692.80558.19
training
DistilBERTBF161.10x940.17853.29
DistilBERTFP321.19x1081.01905.29
DistilGPT2BF161.21x522.66433.15
DistilGPT2FP321.15x903.48787.73
Flan-T5 SmallBF161.28x523.52410.10
Flan-T5 SmallFP321.25x898.75719.62
GraphGPS (Peptides)BF161.36x357.80263.19
GraphGPS (Peptides)FP321.25x318.48255.40
MobileNetV3BF161.15x243.47210.90
MobileNetV3FP321.25x537.67431.84

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Each figure is the first device's overall score divided by the second's.

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How to Read These Results

A LynxBenchAI score is sustained throughput on a fixed catalogue of PyTorch models, measured after a warm-up at a batch size raised until throughput stops improving, so it is what the machine holds under load, not its best instant. Training, Inference and Compute are three separate scores; GT combines them (Training and Inference weigh 0.4 each, Compute 0.2).

Every run uses the stock, publicly released PyTorch stack, so a result is broadly indicative of the out-of-the-box PyTorch experience on that hardware, and so of custom PyTorch models too. It does not run your own model, and it is not a vendor-tuned peak like an MLPerf submission.

Scores compare only within one Index: the 26Q3 Index fixes the models, precisions, correctness thresholds and scoring, and a later Index may change them. Each test is one timed window, the scores have no 0-100 scale, and a precision a device cannot run scores zero rather than being skipped.

LynxBenchAI is built by TechnoLynx, which the European Commission engaged as an independent expert advisor on AI performance and benchmarking for AI Gigafactories under the EuroHPC Joint Undertaking (case study).

Questions

Is the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition faster than the NVIDIA H100 NVL for AI?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition scores 1.04x the NVIDIA H100 NVL overall (Training 1.00x, Inference 1.07x, Compute 1.05x).
Where is the difference between the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition and the NVIDIA H100 NVL largest?
On the LynxBenchAI 26Q3 Index, the ratio is highest on Sparse MatMul at FP32 (Compute), where the NVIDIA RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell Server Edition scores 1.87x the NVIDIA H100 NVL, and lowest on Dense MatMul at FP64 (Compute), at 0.05x.
What does this result tell me about my own PyTorch model?
Every run uses the stock, publicly released PyTorch stack, so a result is broadly indicative of the out-of-the-box PyTorch experience on that hardware, and so of custom PyTorch models too. It does not run your own model, and it is not a vendor-tuned peak like an MLPerf submission.

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