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I checked out the benchmarks and it seems that the 80 core version would be ~6.5x M2 and would indeed be cheaper on the assumption that the only way to get M2 c

I checked out the benchmarks and it seems that the 80 core version would be ~6.5x M2 and would indeed be cheaper on the assumption that the only way to get M2 chips is to first buy a Mac. But if (an I know it isn’t going to happen) M2 was at the Jetson Nano price of $150 then it starts to become attractive again. It’s 2.3x faster than Ryzen 7900X, I’m not sure if the dev kit has a price performance advantage over that and I’ve seen the Ampere Altra chips on their own for much more so I’m thinking the dev kit has a discount which probably comes with a purchase limit.

joespeed 4y ago
The dev kit has no purchase limit. Same is true for the dev platform workstation 32, 64, 80, 128 core (and a 96 faster cores option if you ask nicely). https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ampere-64-core-arm-workstation-runs-windows https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ampere-64-core-arm-worksta... For those keeping score the Ampere Altra 128 core 3GHz Supermicro telco edge server being used in 5G base stations benchmarks equal to 100 RPi4 and 22% more energy efficient. https://youtu.be/UT5UbSJOyog https://youtu.be/UT5UbSJOyog
- cjbgkagh 4y ago
  Interesting, when I first saw these chips my thought was Epic performance for Epic prices, now it looks like 2x Ryzen performance for 2x the price. Which is a huge improvement, I could save on the other ancillary costs of putting together a computer so it could probably be quite cost effective overall. I think I’m just outside of the target market for these chips, my workloads are in bursts so power consumption isn’t a big deal for me. Given that it’s a big deal for others I would expect Ampere Altra to price their chips to a point to go after that market which makes total economic sense. It’s generally not good business to target cheapskates like myself. I do love the chips though.

joespeed 4y ago

The dev kit has no purchase limit. Same is true for the dev platform workstation 32, 64, 80, 128 core (and a 96 faster cores option if you ask nicely). https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ampere-64-core-arm-workstation-runs-windows https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ampere-64-core-arm-worksta... For those keeping score the Ampere Altra 128 core 3GHz Supermicro telco edge server being used in 5G base stations benchmarks equal to 100 RPi4 and 22% more energy efficient. https://youtu.be/UT5UbSJOyog https://youtu.be/UT5UbSJOyog

cjbgkagh 4y ago
Interesting, when I first saw these chips my thought was Epic performance for Epic prices, now it looks like 2x Ryzen performance for 2x the price. Which is a huge improvement, I could save on the other ancillary costs of putting together a computer so it could probably be quite cost effective overall. I think I’m just outside of the target market for these chips, my workloads are in bursts so power consumption isn’t a big deal for me. Given that it’s a big deal for others I would expect Ampere Altra to price their chips to a point to go after that market which makes total economic sense. It’s generally not good business to target cheapskates like myself. I do love the chips though.