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Abstract
The NVIDIA Blackwell B200 HGX platform propels the data center into a new era of accelerating computing and generative AI, integrating NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs with high-speed interconnect to accelerate AI performance at scale.
This product guide provides essential presales information to understand the NVIDIA B200 GPU and their key features, specifications, and compatibility. This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the GPUs and consider their use in IT solutions.
Introduction
The NVIDIA Blackwell HGX B200 platform propels the data center into a new era of accelerating computing and generative AI, integrating NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs with high-speed interconnect to accelerate AI performance at scale. As a premier accelerated scale-up x86 platform with up to 15X faster real-time inference performance compared to NVIDIA H100, with 12X lower cost and 12X less energy, the B200 platform is designed for the most demanding AI, data analytics, and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads.
The NVIDIA B200 180GB 1000W GPU is offered in the SXM6 form factor, where GPU modules are implemented with a fully-connected NVLink topology in supported ThinkSystem servers. In the ThinkSystem SR780a V3, the HGX B200 GPUs are water-cooled using Lenovo Neptune water cooling.
Figure 1. ThinkSystem NVIDIA HGX B200 1000W 180GB 8-GPU Liquid-Cooled Board
Did you know?
HGX B200 supports NVIDIA advanced networking options to deliver the highest AI performance. In the Lenovo ThinkSystem SR780a V3, the B200 GPUs can be paired with 8x NVIDIA BlueField-3 B3140H VPI 400GbE adapters or 8x NVIDIA ConnectX-7 NDR OSFP400 InfiniBand adapters.
Part number information
The following table shows the ordering information.
The NVIDIA B200 GPU is Controlled which means the GPU is not offered in certain markets, as determined by the US Government.
Features
Real-Time Large Language Model Inference
As part of HGX, the Blackwell GPU’s cutting-edge capabilities with the second generation Transformer Engine mark a massive leap forward in accelerating inference workloads, making real-time performance a possibility for resource-intensive multi-trillion-parameter language models. HGX B200 achieves 15X acceleration, 12X lower cost, and 12X less energy than the H100 HGX GPU for massive models such as the GPT-MoE-1.8T. This advancement is made possible with a new generation of Tensor Cores, which introduce new precisions including FP4.
Supercharged AI Training
Blackwell GPUs include a faster second generation Transformer Engine featuring FP8 precision, enabling a remarkable 3X faster training for large language models like GPT-MoE-1.8T compared to the H100 HGX GPU. This breakthrough is complemented by the fifth-generation NVLink, which provides 1.8TB/s of GPU-to-GPU interconnect, InfiniBand networking, and Magnum IO software. Together, these ensure efficient scalability for enterprises and extensive GPU computing clusters.
Advancing Data Analytics
Databases and Apache Spark play critical roles in handling, processing, and analyzing large volumes of data for data analytics. Blackwell’s new dedicated Decompression Engine accelerates the full pipeline of database queries for the highest performance in data analytics and data science. With support for the latest compression formats such as LZ4, Snappy, and Deflate, HGX B200 GPU performs 6X faster than CPUs and 2X faster than H100 for query benchmarks.
Sustainable Computing
By adopting sustainable computing practices, data centers can lower their carbon footprint and energy consumption while improving their bottom line. The goal of sustainable computing can be realized with efficiency gains using accelerated computing with HGX. For LLM inference performance, HGX B200 improves energy efficiency by 12X and lowers costs by 12X compared to H100.
Technical specifications
The following table lists the NVIDIA B200 GPU specifications.
| Specification | NVIDIA B200 |
|---|---|
| Form Factor | SXM6 |
| FP64 | 40 teraFLOPS |
| FP64 Tensor Core | 40 teraFLOPS |
| FP32 | 80 teraFLOPS |
| TF32 Tensor Core | 1.1 / 2.2 petaFLOPS* |
| BFLOAT16 Tensor | 2.25 / 4.5 petaFLOPS* |
| FP16 Tensor Core | 2.25 / 4.5 petaFLOPS* |
| FP8 Tensor Core | 4.5 / 9 petaFLOPS* |
| INT8 Tensor Core | 4.5 / 9 petaOPS* |
| GPU Memory | 180 GB HBM3e |
| GPU Memory Bandwidth | 8 TB/s |
| Total Graphics Power (TGP) | 1000W |
| Multi-Instance GPUs | Up to 7 MIGs @ 23 GB |
| Interconnect | NVLink: 900 GB/s PCIe Gen5: 128 GB/s |
* Without / with structural sparsity enabled
Server support
The following tables list the ThinkSystem servers that are compatible.
Operating system support
For SXM GPUs, operating system support is based on that of the supported servers.
See the SR780a V3 server product guide for details: https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1980-thinksystem-sr780a-v3-server
NVIDIA GPU software
This section lists the NVIDIA software that is available from Lenovo.
As listed in Table 1 in the Part number information section, the PCIe adapter version of the H200 includes a 5-year subscription to NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software (NVAIE).
NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software
Lenovo offers the NVIDIA AI Enterprise (NVAIE) cloud-native enterprise software. NVIDIA AI Enterprise is an end-to-end, cloud-native suite of AI and data analytics software, optimized, certified, and supported by NVIDIA to run on VMware vSphere and bare-metal with NVIDIA-Certified Systems™. It includes key enabling technologies from NVIDIA for rapid deployment, management, and scaling of AI workloads in the modern hybrid cloud.
NVIDIA AI Enterprise is licensed on a per-GPU basis. NVIDIA AI Enterprise products can be purchased as either a perpetual license with support services, or as an annual or multi-year subscription.
- The perpetual license provides the right to use the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software indefinitely, with no expiration. NVIDIA AI Enterprise with perpetual licenses must be purchased in conjunction with one-year, three-year, or five-year support services. A one-year support service is also available for renewals.
- The subscription offerings are an affordable option to allow IT departments to better manage the flexibility of license volumes. NVIDIA AI Enterprise software products with subscription includes support services for the duration of the software’s subscription license
The features of NVIDIA AI Enterprise Software are listed in the following table.
Note: Maximum 10 concurrent VMs per product license
The following table lists the ordering part numbers and feature codes.
Find more information in the NVIDIA AI Enterprise Sizing Guide.
NVIDIA HPC Compiler Software
Regulatory approvals
The NVIDIA B200 GPU has the following regulatory approvals:
- RCM
- BSMI
- CE
- FCC
- ICES
- KCC
- cUL, UL
- VCCI
Seller training courses
The following sales training courses are offered for employees and partners (login required). Courses are listed in date order.
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ThinkSystem Supercomputing Servers Powered by NVIDIA
2025-06-27 | 30 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsThinkSystem Supercomputing Servers Powered by NVIDIAThis course offers you information about the Lenovo SC777 V4 Neptune server, the first Lenovo server to use an Arm processor from NVIDIA. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to list three features of the ThinkSystem SC777 V4 Neptune server, list three features of the ThinkSystem N1380 Neptune enclosure, describe two customer benefits of the ThinkSystem SC777 V4 Neptune server, and list four workload environments to which the SC777 V4 server is well suited.
Published: 2025-06-27
Tags: DataCenter Products, NVIDIA, ThinkSystem
Length: 30 minutesCourse code: SXXW2545Start the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo 360 Learning Center -
VTT AI: NVIDIA and Lenovo: Data Center Platform Overview
2025-06-10 | 77 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsVTT AI: NVIDIA and Lenovo: Data Center Platform OverviewPlease join this session to hear Steve Stein, Senior Product Marketing Manager, NVIDIA and Naman Malhotra, Senior Product Manager, Lenovo as they present these topics:
Published: 2025-06-10
•NVIDIA Accelerated Computing Portfolio
•Use Cases and Positioning
•Lenovo Platforms and Solutions
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Nvidia, Server
Length: 77 minutesCourse code: DVAI216Start the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo -
VTT AI: Introducing the Lenovo Hybrid AI 285 Platform April 2025
2025-04-30 | 60 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsVTT AI: Introducing the Lenovo Hybrid AI 285 Platform April 2025The Lenovo Hybrid AI 285 Platform enables enterprises of all sizes to quickly deploy AI infrastructures supporting use cases as either new greenfield environments or as an extension to current infrastructures. The 285 Platform enables the use of the NVIDIA AI Enterprise software stack. The AI Hybrid 285 platform is the perfect foundation supporting Lenovo Validated Designs.
Published: 2025-04-30
• Technical overview of the Hybrid AI 285 platform
• AI Hybrid platforms as infrastructure frameworks for LVDs addressing data center-based AI solutions.
• Accelerate AI adoption and reduce deployment risks
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Nvidia, Technical Sales, Lenovo Hybrid AI 285
Length: 60 minutesCourse code: DVAI215Start the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo -
Lenovo Cloud Architecture VTT: Supercharge Your Enterprise AI with NVIDIA AI Enterprise on Lenovo Hybrid AI Platform
2025-04-17 | 75 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsLenovo Cloud Architecture VTT: Supercharge Your Enterprise AI with NVIDIA AI Enterprise on Lenovo Hybrid AI PlatformJoin us for an in-depth webinar with Justin King, Principal Product Marketing Manager for Enterprise AI exploring the power of NVIDIA AI Enterprise, delivering Generative and Agentic AI outcomes deployed with Lenovo Hybrid AI platform environments.
Published: 2025-04-17
In today’s data-driven landscape, AI is evolving at high speed, with new techniques delivering more accurate responses. Enterprises are seeking not just an understanding but also how they can achieve AI-driven business outcomes.
With this, the demand for secure, scalable, and high-performing AI operations-and the skills to deliver them-is top of mind for many. Learn how NVIDIA AI Enterprise, a comprehensive software suite optimized for NVIDIA GPUs, provides the tools and frameworks, including NVIDIA NIM, NeMo, and Blueprints, to accelerate AI development and deployment while reducing risk-all within the control and security of your Lenovo customer’s hybrid AI environment.
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud, Data Management, Nvidia, Technical Sales
Length: 75 minutesCourse code: DVCLD221Start the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo -
AI VTT: GTC Update and The Lenovo LLM Sizing Guide
2025-03-12 | 86 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsAI VTT: GTC Update and The Lenovo LLM Sizing GuidePlease view this session that is two parts. Part one is Robert Daigle, Director, Global AI Solutions and Hande Sahin-Bahceci, AI Solutions Marketing Leader explaining the upcoming announcements for NVIDIA GTC. Part Two is Sachin Wani, AI Data Scientist explaining the Lenovo LLM Sizing Guide with these topics:
Published: 2025-03-12
• Minimum GPU requirements for fine-tuning/training and inference
• Gathering requirements for the customer's use case
• LLMs from a technical perspective
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Technical Sales
Length: 86 minutesCourse code: DVAI214Start the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo -
Partner Technical Webinar - NVIDIA Portfolio
2024-11-06 | 60 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsPartner Technical Webinar - NVIDIA PortfolioIn this 60-minute replay, Jason Knudsen of NVIDIA presented the NVIDIA Computing Platform. Jason talked about the full portfolio from GPUs to Networking to AI Enterprise and NIMs.
Published: 2024-11-06
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Nvidia
Length: 60 minutesCourse code: 110124Start the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo 360 Learning Center -
NVIDIA Data Center GPU Portfolio
2024-09-26 | 11 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsNVIDIA Data Center GPU PortfolioThis course equips Lenovo and partner technical sellers with the knowledge to effectively communicate the positioning of NVIDIA's data center GPU portfolio, enhancing your ability to showcase its key advantages to clients.
Published: 2024-09-26
Upon completion of this training, you will be familiar with the following:
•Data Center GPUs for AI and HPC
•Data Center GPUs for Graphics
•GPU comparisons
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI), High-Performance Computing (HPC), Nvidia
Length: 11 minutesCourse code: DAINVD201Start the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo 360 Learning Center -
Q2 Solutions Launch TruScale GPU Next Generation Management in the AI Era Quick Hit
2024-09-10 | 6 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsQ2 Solutions Launch TruScale GPU Next Generation Management in the AI Era Quick HitThis Quick Hit focuses on Lenovo announcing additional ways to help you build, scale, and evolve your customer’s private AI faster for improved ROI with TruScale GPU as a Service, AI-driven systems management, and infrastructure transformation services.
Published: 2024-09-10
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Services, TruScale
Length: 6 minutesCourse code: SXXW2543aStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo 360 Learning Center -
VTT AI: The NetApp AIPod with Lenovo for NVIDIA OVX
2024-08-13 | 38 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsVTT AI: The NetApp AIPod with Lenovo for NVIDIA OVXAI, for some organizations, is out of reach, due to cost, integration complexity, and time to deployment. Previously, organizations relied on frequently retraining their LLMs with the latest data, a costly and time-consuming process. The NetApp AIPod with Lenovo for NVIDIA OVX combines NVIDIA-Certified OVX Lenovo ThinkSystem SR675 V3 servers with validated NetApp storage to create a converged infrastructure specifically designed for AI workloads. Using this solution, customers will be able to conduct AI RAG and inferencing operations for use cases like chatbots, knowledge management, and object recognition.
Published: 2024-08-13
Topics covered in this VTT session include:
•Where Lenovo fits in the solution
•NetApp AIPod with Lenovo for NVIDIA OVX Solution Overview
•Challenges/pain points that this solution solves for enterprises deploying AI
•Solution value/benefits of the combined NetApp, Lenovo, and NVIDIA OVX-Certified Solution
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Nvidia, Sales, Technical Sales, ThinkSystem
Length: 38 minutesCourse code: DVAI206Start the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo 360 Learning Center -
Partner Technical Webinar - NVIDIA Smart Spaces
2024-07-24 | 60 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsPartner Technical Webinar - NVIDIA Smart SpacesIn this 60-minute replay, Alex Pazos, NVIDIA BDM for Smart Spaces, reviewed the NVIDIA AI for Smart Spaces framework and use cases. Alex reviewed the Metropolus Framework and the Smart Spaces ecosystem. Then he reviewed several use cases including sports stadiums, warehouses, airports, and roadways.
Published: 2024-07-24
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Length: 60 minutesCourse code: 071924Start the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo 360 Learning Center -
Guidance for Selling NVIDIA Products at Lenovo for ISG
2024-07-01 | 25 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsGuidance for Selling NVIDIA Products at Lenovo for ISGThis course gives key talking points about the Lenovo and NVIDIA partnership in the Data Center. Details are included on where to find the products that are included in the partnership and what to do if NVIDIA products are needed that are not included in the partnership. Contact information is included if help is needed in choosing which product is best for your customer. At the end of this session sellers should be able to explain the Lenovo and NVIDIA partnership, describe the products Lenovo can sell through the partnership with NVIDIA, help a customer purchase other NVIDIA product, and get assistance with choosing NVIDIA products to fit customer needs.
Published: 2024-07-01
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Nvidia
Length: 25 minutesCourse code: DNVIS102Start the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo 360 Learning Center -
Think AI Weekly: Lenovo AI PCs & AI Workstations
2024-05-23 | 60 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsThink AI Weekly: Lenovo AI PCs & AI WorkstationsJoin Mike Leach, Sr. Manager, Workstations Solutions and Pooja Sathe, Director Commercial AI PCs as they discuss why Lenovo AI Developer Workstations and AI PCs are the most powerful, where they fit into the device to cloud ecosystem, and this week’s Microsoft announcement, Copilot+PC
Published: 2024-05-23
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI), ThinkStation
Length: 60 minutesCourse code: DTAIW105Start the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo -
VTT Cloud Architecture: NVIDIA Using Cloud for GPUs and AI
2024-05-22 | 60 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsVTT Cloud Architecture: NVIDIA Using Cloud for GPUs and AIJoin JD Dupont, NVIDIA Head of Americas Sales, Lenovo partnership and Veer Mehta, NVIDIA Solution Architect on an interactive discussion about cloud to edge, designing cloud Solutions with NVIDIA GPUs and minimizing private\hybrid cloud OPEX with GPUs. Discover how you can use what is done at big public cloud providers for your customers. We will also walk through use cases and see a demo you can use to help your customers.
Published: 2024-05-22
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud, Nvidia, Software Defined Infrastruture (SDI), Technical Sales
Length: 60 minutesCourse code: DVCLD212Start the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Related links
For more information, refer to these documents:
- ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile GPU Summary:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp0768-thinksystem-thinkagile-gpu-summary - ServerProven compatibility:
https://serverproven.lenovo.com/ - NVIDIA HGX Platform product page:
https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/data-center/hgx// - ThinkSystem SR780a V3 product guide
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1980-thinksystem-sr780a-v3-server
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