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Ascend 910C

Dual-die successor to the 910B that reached mass shipment in May 2025 and is China's most advanced domestically available AI accelerator, positioned at roughly 60-80% of NVIDIA H100 capability. Reported pricing fell sharply from ~$28,000 amid scarcity to roughly 80,000-200,000+ CNY per card in Chinese channels.

ChinaShippingHuaweiAscend familyLaunched 2025-057nm-class (dual 910B dies; mix of stockpiled TSMC dies and SMIC production reported)

Latest observation ~$27.6K (from ¥200,000 at 2026 avg 7.25 CNY/USD) (per card) as of 2026 · researched 2026-08-27

~$27.6Klatest observation · street price · 2026 · from ¥200,000
4dated price observations on record
6sourced specs (all linked below)

Specifications

Sourced specs

SpecValueSource
FP16 compute~800 TFLOPS (estimated)via blog.heim.xyz2024
ArchitectureDual-die package: two co-packaged Ascend 910B dies on separate interposers joined by organic substratevia blog.heim.xyz2024
Memory128GB HBM2e total (2x64GB) most commonly reported; some outlets cite 96GB — unconfirmedvia huaweicentral.com2025
Memory bandwidth~3.2 TB/s (estimated)via blog.heim.xyz2024
InterconnectHCCS, reported 784 GB/svia eet-china.com2026
Performance vs H100~80% of H100 (FP16 compute basis); ~60% of H100 inference per Reutersvia blog.heim.xyz2024

Pricing

Price history, newest first

$12k$17k$23k$28k2025-0420262026~$28K per chip · 2025-04-21 · Analyst estimate · via Reuters~$11K (from ¥80,000) per card · 2026 · Street price · via EET-China 电子工程专辑~$27.6K (from ¥200,000) per card · 2026 · Street price · via Zhihu procurement guide

Step chart of per-unit observations (system and order totals stay in the table). The line is drawn in USD at each observation year's average FX rate so mixed-currency histories read as one trend; hover any point for the price exactly as reported.

DatePriceTypeSourceConfidence
2026-07-03~$8.6K from ¥62,000 at 2026 avg 7.25 CNY/USD per 8-card server-month (SMM industry-average lease quote, South China demand episode)Buyer bid CNY 53,000/unit/month (a month-old reference) for 16 units was rejected vs ~CNY 62,000/month industry average; implied ~CNY 10.76/card-hour. No public hourly cloud rate for 910C exists; UCloud (ucache.cn) offers 910C-8C servers in Beijing/Chengdu/Guangzhou without posted prices.Street pricevia SMM computing-power flashmedium
2026~$11K from ¥80,000 at 2026 avg 7.25 CNY/USD per card910C ~十余万元/卡 in general channels, key customers as low as ~8万元; article date approximate (2025-2026); ~30% below comparable-performance competitorsStreet pricevia EET-China 电子工程专辑low
2026~$27.6K from ¥200,000 at 2026 avg 7.25 CNY/USD per cardTraining-card quotes ~18-22万元/卡 per 2026 Zhihu AI chip procurement guide; supply-constrained channel pricingStreet pricevia Zhihu procurement guidelow
2025-04-21~$28K per chipDerived: initial orders likely to surpass 70,000 chips valued at ~US$2B, implying ~$28,000/chip during supply-scarce launchAnalyst estimatevia Reutersmedium

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Prices in USD, converted at each observation year's average exchange rate; the original figure and rate print under every converted price. How prices are sourced and graded ↗

Context

Notes

  • No official Huawei datasheet exists; memory capacity reports conflict (96GB vs 128GB).
  • C114 reported a 384-chip Atlas 900 A3 SuperPoD government procurement in the tens of millions of CNY (数千万级) — no per-card price stated.
  • ByteDance reportedly plans to purchase over RMB 40 billion (~$5.6B) of Huawei Ascend chips in 2026 (TechNode, 2025-12-29): https://technode.com/2025/12/29/bytedance-reportedly-plans-to-purchase-5-6-billion-worth-of-huaweis-ascend-ai-chips/

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All specs and prices link to their original sources, dated as observed. Figures are market observations, not offers; treat each as of its date.