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Huawei Ascend 310 vs Huawei Ascend 910A

The Ascend 910A delivers 32.0x the FP16 throughput of the Ascend 310 (256 vs 8 TFLOPS dense).

Ascend 310: Da Vinci, 2018 Ascend 910A: Da Vinci, 2019
FP16 dense lead
32.0x
Ascend 910A: 256 vs 8 TFLOPS
TDP
8 W vs 310 W
Ascend 310 draws 302 W less
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Huawei Ascend 310

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What is the Huawei Ascend 310?

The Ascend 310 is an NPU from Huawei on the Da Vinci architecture, an accelerator built for AI inference. It is a system-on-chip, so it is built into edge and embedded devices rather than sold as a card. Ascend 310 full specifications →

Can I rent the Ascend 310 in the cloud?

Flopper is not tracking any live rental listings for the Ascend 310 yet. The provider directory lists the clouds that rent comparable accelerators on demand. GPU cloud providers →

How does the Ascend 310 compare with other accelerators?

This page sets the Ascend 310 against the Ascend 910A. The Ascend 310 is the older generation of the two. Both are Huawei parts; the Ascend 310 is a system-on-chip while the Ascend 910A is an OAM module. The compare tool builds the same comparison for any two parts in the catalogue. All GPU comparisons →

Where do the Ascend 310 figures come from?

Every Ascend 310 figure on this page traces to Huawei's own datasheet or specification table. How Flopper verifies specifications →

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Huawei Ascend 910A

Leads on FP16 Full specs →

What is the Huawei Ascend 910A?

The Ascend 910A is an NPU from Huawei on the Da Vinci architecture, an accelerator built for AI inference. It is an OAM module, the open accelerator format used in multi-GPU servers. Ascend 910A full specifications →

Can I rent the Ascend 910A in the cloud?

Flopper is not tracking any live rental listings for the Ascend 910A yet. The provider directory lists the clouds that rent comparable accelerators on demand. GPU cloud providers →

How does the Ascend 910A compare with other accelerators?

This page sets the Ascend 910A against the Ascend 310. The Ascend 910A is the newer generation of the two. Both are Huawei parts; the Ascend 910A is an OAM module while the Ascend 310 is a system-on-chip. The compare tool builds the same comparison for any two parts in the catalogue. All GPU comparisons →

Where do the Ascend 910A figures come from?

Every Ascend 910A figure on this page traces to Huawei's own datasheet or specification table. How Flopper verifies specifications →

Specifications

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Ascend 310
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Ascend 910A
Architecture
Da VinciDa Vinci
Launch Year
20182019
Form Factor
SoCOAM
Memory
—32 GB
Memory Bandwidth
—1.2 TB/s
TDP
8 W310 W
Process Node
12nmTSMC 7nm

Performance (TFLOPS)

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Ascend 310
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Ascend 910A
No verified data available No verified data available
No verified data available16 TFLOPS
No verified data available No verified data available
No verified data available No verified data available
8 TFLOPS 256 TFLOPS
No verified data available No verified data available
FP6
No verified data available No verified data available
No verified data available No verified data available
16 TOPS 512 TOPS

Figures are dense. Where a vendor publishes a figure it sits under the dense one and never decides a winner. Hover any precision for its definition, or read the GPU glossary.

FLOPS by Precision

What actually differs

The Ascend 910A is the newer part: Da Vinci (2019) against the Ascend 310's Da Vinci (2018).

Power is 8 W against 310 W, and at FP32 the Ascend 910A does more work per watt. Weight the FP8 and FP16 rows for LLM work and the FP64 row for HPC.

New to the terms? The glossary explains FP32, FP16, INT8, Sparsity and TFLOPS.

Frequently asked questions

Is the Ascend 310 faster than the Ascend 910A?

At FP16 precision the Ascend 910A reaches 256 TFLOPS dense against 8 TFLOPS for the Ascend 310. The performance table on this page lists every published precision for both GPUs.

Which should you choose, the Ascend 310 or the Ascend 910A?

Choose the Ascend 910A for training and high-throughput inference: it has 32.0x the FP16 throughput of the Ascend 310. The Ascend 910A draws 302 W more power, so budget for cooling and power delivery before you commit. Packaging differs too: the Ascend 310 is a system-on-chip while the Ascend 910A is an OAM module, so check what your servers accept.

How much power do the Ascend 310 and the Ascend 910A draw?

The Ascend 310 is rated at 8 W TDP and the Ascend 910A at 310 W. On FP32 throughput per watt, the Ascend 910A is the more efficient part.

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