{"id":1947,"date":"2026-08-27T21:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T21:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/netguide.io\/news\/2026\/08\/27\/openai-jalapeno-ai-chip-beats-nvidia-blackwell-efficiency\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T22:06:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T22:06:03","slug":"openai-jalapeno-ai-chip-beats-nvidia-blackwell-efficiency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/netguide.io\/news\/en\/2026\/08\/27\/openai-jalapeno-ai-chip-beats-nvidia-blackwell-efficiency\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenAI\u2019s Own AI Chip &#8220;Jalape\u00f1o&#8221; Beats Nvidia\u2019s Blackwell on Efficiency"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"netgu-1126892309\" class=\"netgu-before-content netgu-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6258556257245998\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6258556257245998\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"3494115342\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Together with Broadcom, OpenAI has presented the first benchmark results for its own inference chip &#8220;Jalape\u00f1o&#8221; &ndash; and it beats Nvidia\u2019s Blackwell systems on energy efficiency. The figures were independently verified by the analysis firm SemiAnalysis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1.5 to 1.9 times more efficient<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across three public models &ndash; GPT-OSS 120B, DeepSeek R1 670B and Moonshot Kimi K2.5 1T &ndash; Jalape\u00f1o delivers 1.5 to 1.9 times more AI compute per watt than Nvidia\u2019s Blackwell (tested against the GB200 and GB300 systems), according to OpenAI. On latency the chip is even 1.7 to 3.6 times ahead. It is optimized specifically for inference &ndash; running AI models in production &ndash; and was designed partly with AI assistance. 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OpenAI stresses that it will keep buying Nvidia hardware &ndash; its own chip is a complement, not an immediate replacement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For Nvidia the news is nonetheless awkward: more and more major customers are developing their own silicon, putting pressure on the market leader\u2019s high margins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sources: <a href=\"https:\/\/openai.com\/index\/openai-broadcom-jalapeno-inference-chip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomshardware.com\/tech-industry\/artificial-intelligence\/hot-chips-2026-openais-jalapeno-ai-asic-unpacked-accelerator-developed-using-ai-achieves-efficiency-and-throughput-gains-against-power-hungry-blackwell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tom\u2019s Hardware<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2026\/08\/26\/openai-jalapeno-ai-chip-nvidia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"netgu-4108818604\" class=\"netgu-after-content netgu-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6258556257245998\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6258556257245998\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"4559785002\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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