Huawei Ascend 910B vs Huawei Ascend 950DT

The Ascend 950DT delivers 37% more FP16 throughput than the Ascend 910B (547 vs 400 TFLOPS dense). The Ascend 950DT also carries 80 GB more memory (144 GB vs 64 GB).

Ascend 910B: Da Vinci v2, 2024 Ascend 950DT: Da Vinci v3, 2026

FP16 dense lead

+37%

Ascend 950DT: 547 vs 400 TFLOPS

Memory

64 vs 144 GB

80 GB more for the Ascend 950DT

Bandwidth

1.6 TB/s vs 4.0 TB/s

Ascend 950DT moves data faster

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Huawei Ascend 910B

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What is the Huawei Ascend 910B?

The Ascend 910B is an NPU from Huawei on the Da Vinci v2 architecture, an accelerator built for AI inference. It is an OAM module, the open accelerator format used in multi-GPU servers. Ascend 910B full specifications →

Can I rent the Ascend 910B in the cloud?

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

How does the Ascend 910B compare with other accelerators?

This page sets the Ascend 910B against the Ascend 950DT. The Ascend 910B is the older generation of the two. Both are Huawei parts, and both ship as an OAM module, so they fit the same class of system. The compare tool builds the same comparison for any two parts in the catalogue. All GPU comparisons →

Where do the Ascend 910B figures come from?

Huawei published the Ascend 910B figures in marketing material rather than a datasheet, and Flopper has no independent confirmation of them. How Flopper verifies specifications →

Huawei Ascend 950DT

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What is the Huawei Ascend 950DT?

The Ascend 950DT is an NPU from Huawei on the Da Vinci v3 architecture, an accelerator built for AI inference. It is an OAM module, the open accelerator format used in multi-GPU servers. Ascend 950DT full specifications →

Can I rent the Ascend 950DT in the cloud?

Flopper is not tracking any live rental listings for the Ascend 950DT yet. The provider directory lists the clouds that rent comparable accelerators on demand. GPU cloud providers →

How does the Ascend 950DT compare with other accelerators?

This page sets the Ascend 950DT against the Ascend 910B. The Ascend 950DT is the newer generation of the two. Both are Huawei parts, and both ship as an OAM module, so they fit the same class of system. The compare tool builds the same comparison for any two parts in the catalogue. All GPU comparisons →

Where do the Ascend 950DT figures come from?

Every Ascend 950DT figure on this page traces to Huawei's own datasheet or specification table. How Flopper verifies specifications →

Specifications

Ascend 910B

Ascend 950DT

Architecture

Da Vinci v2Da Vinci v3

Launch Year

20242026

Form Factor

OAMOAM

Memory

64 GB144 GB

Memory Bandwidth

1.6 TB/s4.0 TB/s

TDP

400 W—

Process Node

SMIC 7nm—

Spec

Ascend 910B

Ascend 950DT

Architecture Da Vinci v2Da Vinci v3

Launch Year 20242026

Form Factor OAMOAM

Memory 64 GB144 GB

Memory Bandwidth 1.6 TB/s4.0 TB/s

TDP 400 W—

Process Node SMIC 7nm—

Performance (TFLOPS)

Ascend 910B

Ascend 950DT

30 TFLOPS

273 TFLOPS

400 TFLOPS 547 TFLOPS

1,034 TFLOPS

FP6

2,007 TFLOPS

800 TOPS 1,034 TOPS

Precision

Ascend 910B

Ascend 950DT

30 TFLOPS

273 TFLOPS

400 TFLOPS 547 TFLOPS

1,034 TFLOPS

FP6

2,007 TFLOPS

800 TOPS 1,034 TOPS

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FLOPS by Precision

What actually differs

The Ascend 950DT is the newer part: Da Vinci v3 (2026) against the Ascend 910B's Da Vinci v2 (2024).

The Ascend 950DT carries 80 GB more memory (144 GB against 64 GB), so larger models fit on one GPU before you shard. Bandwidth is 1.6 TB/s against 4.0 TB/s, which sets the ceiling on decode speed.

Weight the FP8 and FP16 rows for LLM work and the FP64 row for HPC.

New to the terms? The glossary explains FP32, TF32, BF16, FP16, FP8, FP4, INT8, Sparsity and TFLOPS.

Frequently asked questions

What is better, the Ascend 910B or the Ascend 950DT?

The Ascend 950DT, on throughput. At FP16 precision the Ascend 950DT reaches 547 TFLOPS dense against 400 TFLOPS for the Ascend 910B. The performance table on this page lists every published precision for both GPUs.

Which should you choose, the Ascend 910B or the Ascend 950DT?

Choose the Ascend 950DT for training and high-throughput inference: it has 37% more FP16 throughput than the Ascend 910B. It also carries 80 GB more memory, so larger models fit on one GPU before you shard.

Which has more memory, the Ascend 910B or the Ascend 950DT?

The Ascend 950DT carries 144 GB of memory versus 64 GB for the Ascend 910B. Memory bandwidth is 1.6 TB/s for the Ascend 910B and 4.0 TB/s for the Ascend 950DT.

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Huawei Ascend 910B vs Huawei Ascend 950DT

Huawei Ascend 910B

What is the Huawei Ascend 910B?

Can I rent the Ascend 910B in the cloud?

How does the Ascend 910B compare with other accelerators?

Where do the Ascend 910B figures come from?

Huawei Ascend 950DT

What is the Huawei Ascend 950DT?

Can I rent the Ascend 950DT in the cloud?

How does the Ascend 950DT compare with other accelerators?

Where do the Ascend 950DT figures come from?

Specifications

Performance (TFLOPS)

FLOPS by Precision

What actually differs

Frequently asked questions

What is better, the Ascend 910B or the Ascend 950DT?

Which should you choose, the Ascend 910B or the Ascend 950DT?

Which has more memory, the Ascend 910B or the Ascend 950DT?

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