Research is actively underway on 'byte-identical' inference technology, which allows Large Language Models to generate the exact same reasoning results even across different hardware environments like AMD and Nvidia.
Imagine you are a chef following a very famous recipe. What if, even though you used the exact same ingredients and cooking method, the taste of the finished dish changed slightly depending on the oven you used? The field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) faces a similar challenge. In situations where AI must produce perfectly identical answers regardless of the hardware (chips) used from different companies, technical experts call this ‘byte-identical’ inference. Research into enabling AI to produce the same results across diverse environments is actively underway.
Recently, research directly comparing AMD’s ‘Instinct MI300X’ accelerator with Nvidia’s H100 model has drawn attention. Source 1 In particular, technical attempts are being made to ensure consistent results, even when hardware manufacturers differ, targeting Large Language Models (LLMs) with 72 billion parameters (internal configuration values adjusted while the AI learns). Source 1
Why is this important?
In our daily lives, AI services need more than just raw speed. For instance, if a company uses AI to analyze complex financial data or review critical legal documents, how unsettling would it be if the output varied slightly depending on the type of hardware used?
The feasibility of ‘byte-identical’ inference means AI companies will be free to choose their hardware. They will no longer be tied to chips from a specific company. If they can obtain the same level of sophisticated results by choosing hardware with better cost-efficiency depending on the situation, the cost of operating AI services will be significantly lowered. Furthermore, as competition within the hardware market intensifies, we as users will eventually be able to enjoy cheaper and more reliable AI services. Source 8
Understanding it easily: The ‘filter’ story
Let’s compare the relationship between hardware and AI to a ‘filter’ in a photo app. There is an original photo (input value) and a filter (AI model). When applying this filter, the color or shape should not change just because the smartphone model is different.
Until now, AI has been optimized for specific environments—namely, Nvidia’s ecosystem (the camera app). However, AMD is steadily cultivating its software ecosystem through a platform called ‘ROCm (AMD Open-source AI Software Platform),’ enabling AMD devices to achieve the same performance and results as before. Source 2, Source 8 Simply put, they are making the ‘translator’ that teaches AI how to use new devices smarter.
How far have we come?
Hardware competition is fierce. AMD emphasizes that its GPUs can provide 4x higher AI computing performance and 35x more inference capacity compared to previous generations. Source 8
Actual benchmark results are also noteworthy. The AMD MI300X was reported to be twice as fast as the Nvidia H100 in certain environments (vLLM) and recorded 30% better performance in another optimization technology environment (TensorRT-LLM). Source 12 Of course, Nvidia still maintains a powerful advantage based on the overwhelming software compatibility it has built up over a long time. However, it is an industry-acknowledged fact that AMD is rapidly narrowing the gap by continuously updating its ROCm platform. Source 2, Source 8
What does the future look like?
The future AI hardware market will shift its axis beyond simply ‘who is faster’ to ‘who shows more standardized results.’ As byte-identical inference technology becomes more sophisticated, developers will be able to freely deploy the latest AI models without being trapped by the limitations of specific hardware. For us users, an environment will be created where we can hear the same accurate and reliable answers as yesterday, regardless of which device we use to run AI. It will be exciting to watch how much wider of an ecosystem the AMD ROCm platform can secure to keep Nvidia’s dominance in check. Source 8
References
- Cross-vendor byte-identical inference for a 72B LLM (AMD MI300X vs. Nvidia H100)
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- Outputs the same result regardless of hardware
- Outputs different results for each hardware
- Compresses data capacity
- CUDA
- ROCm
- TensorRT
- 2x faster in vLLM
- 2x faster in TensorRT-LLM
- Overall performance is always 10x higher