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Intel Max Series (Ponte Vecchio)

Overview​

Intel Max Series (codenamed Ponte Vecchio) is Intel's flagship HPC GPU, built on the Xe-HPC architecture. The Max 1550 is packaged from 47 chiplets and serves as the core component of the Aurora supercomputer (the second exascale supercomputer in the US). Two models are available: Max 1550 (top-tier) and Max 1350 (mainstream).

Core Specifications​

ItemMax 1550Max 1350
ArchitectureXe-HPC (Ponte Vecchio)Xe-HPC
ProcessIntel 7 + TSMC 5nm + TSMC 7nmSame
Xe Cores512336
Memory128 GB HBM2e96 GB HBM2e
Bandwidth3,276.8 GB/s2,457.6 GB/s
FP3252.3 TFLOPS34.4 TFLOPS
FP6426.2 TFLOPS17.2 TFLOPS
FP16 Matrix (XMX)838 TFLOPS550 TFLOPS
INT8 (XMX)1,677 TOPS1,101 TOPS
TDP600 W450 W
InterconnectXe Link, PCIe 5.0Xe Link, PCIe 5.0
Form FactorOAMOAM

Vendor Information​

ItemDetails
ManufacturerIntel Corporation
Websitehttps://www.intel.com
Product Pagehttps://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/discrete-gpus/data-center-gpu/max-series.html
Driverhttps://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/1934878.html
oneAPIhttps://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/developer/tools/oneapi/overview.html
Release2023 (Aurora deployment)

Key Features​

  • 47-chiplet package: Includes compute, I/O, base, and HBM dies
  • Xe Link high-speed interconnect: NVLink alternative
  • oneAPI programming model: Unified across CPU/GPU
  • FP64 strength: Important for traditional HPC

Use Cases​

  • HPC scientific computing (strong FP64)
  • Aurora supercomputer (second US exascale system)
  • AI training
  • Memory-bound workloads