# NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand Platform Extreme performance for cloud-native supercomputing at any scale [Learn More](https://nvdam.widen.net/s/dps8txlsrf/infiniband-ndr-400g-architecture-datasheet-1620877-r4) ## Record-Breaking Performance in Network Communications NVIDIA Quantum-2, the seventh generation of the NVIDIA InfiniBand architecture, gives AI developers and scientific researchers the fastest networking performance and feature-sets available to take on the world’s most challenging problems. NVIDIA Quantum-2 empowers the world’s leading supercomputing data centers with software-defined networking, In-Network Computing, performance isolation, advanced acceleration engines, remote direct-memory access (RDMA), and the fastest speeds and feeds up to 400Gb/s. ### Data Speed ### Improved Performance ### Improved TCO ### Exascale Ready ### Accelerated Deep Learning ## Enhancing HPC and AI Supercomputers and Applications ### Accelerated In-Network Computing Today’s [high-performance computing (HPC)](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/high-performance-computing.md), AI, and hyperscale infrastructures require faster interconnects and more intelligent networks to analyze data and run complex simulations with greater speed and efficiency. NVIDIA Quantum-2 enhances and extends its In-Network Computing with preconfigured and programmable compute engines, such as the third generation of NVIDIA Scalable Hierarchical Aggregation and Reduction Protocol (SHARPv3)™, Message Passing Interface (MPI) Tag Matching, MPI All-to-All, and programmable engines, delivering the best cost per node and ROI. ![YouTube Video](https://img.youtube.com/vi_webp/uzYZP_z_5WE/maxresdefault.webp) Consent for Optional Cookies (googleCookiePolicyLink)YouTube sets performance, advertising, and other optional cookies(/googleCookiePolicyLink) when you watch embedded videos. To watch this video, you need to turn on optional cookies for the site. By clicking “Accept and Play Video,” you will automatically turn on advertising and other optional cookies for the site and accept our (nvidiaTermsOfServiceLink)Terms of Service(/nvidiaTermsOfServiceLink) (which contains important waivers). 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The solution delivers bare-metal performance, user management and isolation, data protection, on-demand high performance computing (HPC), and AI services—simply and securely. ## Delivering Data at the Speed of Light ### Adapters The NVIDIA ConnectX-7 InfiniBand adapter, with PCIe Gen4 and Gen5 support, is available in various form factors, delivering single or dual network ports at 400Gb/s. The ConnectX-7 InfiniBand adapters include advanced In-Network Computing capabilities and additional programmable engines that enable both preprocessing data algorithms and offload application control paths to the network. [NVIDIA ConnectX-7 Adapter](https://www.nvidia.com/content/dam/en-zz/Solutions/networking/infiniband-adapters/infiniband-connectx7-data-sheet.pdf) ### Switches The NVIDIA Quantum-2 family of switches comprises 64 400Gb/s ports or 128 200Gb/s ports on physical 32 octal small form-factor (OSFP) connectors. The compact 1U switch design includes air-cooled and liquid-cooled versions that are either internally or externally managed. The NVIDIA Quantum-2 family of switches delivers an aggregated 51.2 terabits per second (Tb/s) of bidirectional throughput with a capacity of more than 66.5 billion packets per second (bpps). [NVIDIA Quantum-2 Switches](https://nvdam.widen.net/s/k8sqcr6gzb/infiniband-quantum-2-qm9700-series-datasheet-us-nvidia-1751454-r8-web) ### Transceivers and Cables The NVIDIA Quantum-2 connectivity options provide maximum flexibility to build a topology of choice. They include a variety of transceivers and multi-fiber push-on connectors (MPOs), active copper cables (ACCs), and direct attached cables (DACs) with 1–2 and 1–4 splitter options. Backward compatibility is also available to connect new 400Gb/s clusters to existing 200Gb/s or 100Gb/s-based infrastructures. [NVIDIA LinkX Cables and Transceivers](https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/networking/interconnect.md) ## World-Leading Networking Performance, Scalability, and Efficiency ### Performance * 400Gb/s bandwidth per port * 64 400Gb/s ports or 128 200Gb/s ports in a single switch * Over 66.5 billion packets per second (bidirectional) from a single NVIDIA Quantum-2 switch device ### Breaking Our Own Records * 2X the bandwidth per port versus previous generation * 3X the switch radix versus previous generation * 4X MPI performance * 32X higher AI acceleration power per switch versus previous generation * Over one million 400Gb/s nodes in a four-switch-tier (three hops) DragonFly+ network, 6.5X higher than the previous generation * 7% reduction in data center power and space ### Key Features * Full transport offload * RDMA, GPUDirect® RDMA, GPUDirect Storage * Programmable In-Network Computing engines * MPI All-to-All hardware acceleration * MPI Tag Matching hardware acceleration * NVIDIA SHARPv3 * Advanced adaptive routing, congestion control, and QoS * Self-healing networking ### NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand Platform [Learn More](https://nvdam.widen.net/s/dps8txlsrf/infiniband-ndr-400g-architecture-datasheet-1620877-r4)