Penguin Solutions Altus XE4318GTS-DTC
The Penguin Solutions Altus XE4318GTS-DTC is a 4U GPU server carrying eight NVIDIA HGX B200 SXM modules of 180 GB each, hosted by AMD EPYC 9005/9004 Series processors with 8x PCIe Gen5 x16 FHHL and 4x PCIe Gen5 x16 FHHL double-width. The DTC suffix marks Penguin's direct-to-chip liquid cooling, which is what folds an eight-accelerator Blackwell baseboard into 4U where the air-cooled equivalent needs 8U. Penguin publishes only rack height, host processor, expansion slots and the accelerator for its servers, so no power draw, total memory, interconnect bandwidth or throughput figure is shown here; its full datasheets are hosted off its own domain and were not used as a source.
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Systems built on this design
9 configurationsBuilt on the NVIDIA HGX B200 8-GPU baseboard, so accelerator performance matches the reference. Chassis, CPU, memory and cooling are this vendor's own.
System Details
GPU Configuration
System Specifications
Precision Performance Breakdown
| Precision | System Performance | Per GPU | Efficiency |
|---|---|---|---|
| 296 TFLOPS | 37 TFLOPS | — | |
| 600 TFLOPS | 75 TFLOPS | — | |
| 9,000 TFLOPS | 1,125 TFLOPS | — | |
| 18,000 TFLOPS | 2,250 TFLOPS | — | |
| 18,000 TFLOPS | 2,250 TFLOPS | — | |
| 36,000 TFLOPS | 4,500 TFLOPS | — | |
| 72,000 TFLOPS | 9,000 TFLOPS | — | |
| 36,000 TOPS | 4,500 TOPS | — |
Where a vendor states a basis, the figure shown is the dense one, and any figure it publishes is listed separately. Vendors commonly headline the sparse number instead: for NVIDIA's 2:4 structured sparsity that is exactly twice the dense figure, though other vendors' sparse modes do not all follow that ratio.
Powered by NVIDIA B200
This system utilizes 8 × NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB GPUs, each delivering exceptional performance for AI and HPC workloads.
Per GPU TDP
1000W
Per GPU Memory
180 GB
Process Node
4nm
Architecture
Blackwell
Frequently asked questions
How much does the Altus XE4318GTS-DTC cost?
Penguin Solutions sells the Altus XE4318GTS-DTC on quote through OEMs and resellers, and nobody rents a whole one by the hour. Renting its 8 B200 accelerators separately at the cheapest live rate Flopper tracks, $4.09 per GPU-hour across 15 providers, comes to about $32.72 an hour for the equivalent capacity. B200 rental prices →
How much power does the Altus XE4318GTS-DTC require?
Penguin Solutions has not published a power figure for the Altus XE4318GTS-DTC, and Flopper does not derive one from the accelerator count because the rest of the system draws power too.
How many GPUs are in the Altus XE4318GTS-DTC?
8. The Altus XE4318GTS-DTC carries 8 NVIDIA B200 SXM 180GB accelerators in a rack form factor, and every throughput figure on this page is the total across them. B200 specifications →
Documentation & Resources
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Flopper Spec Sheet
Penguin Solutions Altus XE4318GTS-DTC specifications, generated from our database. Printable.
Vendor product page
Penguin Solutions Altus XE4318GTS-DTC documentation
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Typical Use Cases
The Penguin Solutions Altus XE4318GTS-DTC runs 8× B200 GPUs over Penguin publishes no interconnect figure; expansion is 8x PCIe Gen5 x16 FHHL and 4x PCIe Gen5 x16 FHHL double-width, delivering 36,000 TFLOPS FP8 dense.