Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox) vs NVIDIA DGX Spark
NVIDIA DGX Spark is faster in the only like-for-like comparison (largest gap: object detection, 14.95×).
| Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox) | NVIDIA DGX Spark | |
|---|---|---|
| Best object detection | 66.21 FPS D undated | 990 FPS B undated |
| Power | n/a | 153 W spec |
| Perf / W | n/a | 6.47 FPS/W spec |
| Price | n/a | $4699 list |
| Workloads with data | 3 of 7 | 2 of 7 |
Best published object detection result per platform (may be from different like-for-like groups — see data). n/a = not published; never estimated.
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object detection
| Platform | Result | Model · precision · stack | Grade | Power | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA DGX Spark | 990 FPS inference_time · b=1 | YOLO11n FP16 · Ultralytics TensorRT · nano (YOLO-n) | B | 153 W spec platform spec envelope (not measured with this result) | Ultralytics docs benchmark table undated |
| Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox) | 66.21 FPS inference_time · b=1 | yolov5n_512x288 INT8 (VNNX) · VectorBlox SDK (VNNX), no compression · nano (YOLO-n) | D | unknown power n/a no power published | Microchip VectorBlox SDK tutorial metrics undated |
instance segmentation
Only Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox) has published instance segmentation results.
| Platform | Result | Model · precision · stack | Grade | Power | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox) | 14.13 FPS inference_time · b=1 | yolov8n-seg INT8 (VNNX) · VectorBlox SDK (VNNX), no compression · nano (YOLO-n) | D | unknown power n/a no power published | Microchip VectorBlox SDK tutorial metrics undated |
NVIDIA DGX Spark:
No published instance segmentation results for NVIDIA DGX Spark or Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox) yet.
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pose estimation
No published pose estimation results for Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox) or NVIDIA DGX Spark yet.
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image classification
Only Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox) has published image classification results.
| Platform | Result | Model · precision · stack | Grade | Power | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox) | 68.35 FPS inference_time · b=1 | resnet18_86s_07p INT8 (VNNX) · VectorBlox SDK (VNNX), unstructured compression · mid-size CNN | D | unknown power n/a no power published | Microchip VectorBlox SDK tutorial metrics undated |
NVIDIA DGX Spark:
No published image classification results for NVIDIA DGX Spark or Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox) yet.
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semantic segmentation
No published semantic segmentation results for Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox) or NVIDIA DGX Spark yet.
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speech-to-text
No published speech-to-text results for Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox) or NVIDIA DGX Spark yet.
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LLM generation
Only NVIDIA DGX Spark has published LLM generation results.
| Platform | Result | Model · precision · stack | Grade | Power | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NVIDIA DGX Spark | 60.39 tok/s tg128 · b=1 | Llama 2 7B Q4_0 · llama.cpp Vulkan (FA on, commit 657e011) · LLM 5–14B | C | 153 W spec platform spec envelope (not measured with this result) | llama.cpp discussion #10879 Vulkan scoreboard (via GitHub API) 2026-10-10 |
Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox):
No published LLM generation results for Microchip PolarFire SoC Video Kit (VectorBlox CoreVectorBlox) or NVIDIA DGX Spark yet.
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How to read these numbers
Machine-readable: /find.json (see llms.txt); full tables are in “Show data”. Confidence grades: A audited MLPerf closed · B documented third-party · C community · D vendor-published · E estimate. Unknown values are shown as unknown, never estimated. Generated 2026-10-16 from public sources.