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Iluvatar CoreX claims Tiangai 300 GPU matches Nvidia H200 performance
See how this story connectsIluvatar CoreX, a Shanghai-based AI chipmaker, says its Tiangai 300 GPU matches and in some tests surpasses Nvidia’s H200, according to Xinzhixun’s report of a live demonstration for mainland Chinese media on Wednesday. In one text-to-image test the Tiangai 300 achieved 100 per cent completion at 0.101 images per second, against 87.5 per cent and 0.086 images per second for the H200, but took 0.64 seconds longer. Tests by state-backed Shanghai INESA showed the Tiangai 300 reaching 1.05 times the H200’s throughput under typical deployment conditions. Wallstreetcn reported 15 per cent higher mixture-of-experts throughput and up to 30 per cent lower first-token latency in long-text processing.
Why it matters
Chinese GPU makers including Iluvatar, Biren Technology, MetaX, Enflame and Moore Threads are racing to deliver home-grown substitutes for US chips under Beijing’s self-sufficiency drive and tightening US trade curbs.
- When
- 29 Oct 2026
- ID
WTA-N-2026-0532- Where
- China, United States
- Who
- Iluvatar CoreX, Nvidia, Shanghai INESA
- Topics
- Chips, Export controls, Sovereign AI
Summary written with AI by wheresthe.ai, from South China Morning Post. Checked against the source on 29 Oct 2026.
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WTA-N-2026-0532: “Iluvatar CoreX claims Tiangai 300 GPU matches Nvidia H200 performance.” wheresthe.ai, 29 Oct 2026. https://wheresthe.ai/d/cn-iluvatar-corex-claims-tiangai-300-gpu-matches-nvidia-h200-2026-10/ (source: South China Morning Post).
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