Brain vs H100 Number Comparisons Called Out as Questionable and Wrong
fleetwood___ · x · 2026-09-24
yaroslavvb compiled "numbers you should know" comparing the human brain and an H100: 86B neurons vs 80B transistors, with transistor flips ≈ synaptic arrivals. fleetwood pushed back that some figures are questionable or plainly wrong and recommended a textbook instead — highlighting how shaky such cross-scale brain/hardware analogies can be.
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