Amazon AWS Officially Launches Trainium3 AI Chip: A Cheaper Alternative to NVIDIA GPUs
Key Highlights – Unveiled at AWS re:Invent 2025 – Built on 3nm architecture – Offers 4.4× higher performance and 4× more memory bandwidth – 4× better performance-per-watt vs Trainium2
Performance & Scalability – Each UltraServer supports 144 chips (362 FP8 PFLOPS) – 1 million+ chips can link in UltraClusters (10× previous gen) – 50% lower training & inference costs than GPU clusters – 2× computing performance & 40% more energy efficiency
Adoption & Benefits – Used by Anthropic, LLM Karakuri, Decart, SplashMusic – Users report lower inference costs – Designed to deliver faster AI training, better efficiency, and lower operational cost – Positioned as a strong, cost-effective NVIDIA GPU alternative