Here’s a decoder ring for all the proprietary terms for GPU components. Not all are direct equivalents due to architectural differences though.
NVIDIA | AMD | Intel |
---|---|---|
SM | CU | Xe Vector Engine, fka EU1 |
TPC | XCD, fka GCD | Xe Core, fka subslice1 |
GPC | ? | ? |
Tensor core | Matrix core | Xe Matrix Engine |
Thread | Work item/thread | Thread |
Block | Workgroup | |
Warp | Wavefront | ? |
Grid | Grid |
The AMD and NVIDIA decoder ring is inspired by Frontier’s User Guide.2