Unpacking the Performance of Microsoft Azure ND GB200 v6 Virtual Machines

For a comprehensive understanding of our benchmarking methodologies and detailed performance results, please refer to our benchmarking guide available on the official Azure GitHub repository: Azure AI Benchmarking Guide. Breakdown of Benchmark Tests GEMM Performance General Matrix Multiply (GEMM) operations form the backbone of AI models. We measured that more…

17/03/2025Azure High Performance Computing (HPC) Blog

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