moore threads

moore threads intelligence technology is a chinese gpu design company specializing in graphics and ai computing processors.

company overview

founded in october 2020, the company achieved unicorn status (>$1b valuation) within 100 days.¹

products

consumer gpus

the mtt s80 provides excellent value for local llm deployment despite mediocre gaming performance.⁹

datacenter and professional gpus

the s3000e was revealed through gpu-z 2.68.0 in august 2025, targeting energy efficiency for server deployments.¹⁰

notably, the latest quyuan architecture lacks fp8 support despite being standard in 2024 ai accelerators.²

software ecosystem

musa platform

cuda-compatible computing platform with:³

• opengl, vulkan, directx support
• opencl and sycl compatibility
• version 4.0.1 (2024)

musify tool

zero-cost cuda migration tool enabling code translation from nvidia’s ecosystem.²

mtlink interconnect

gpu interconnection technology with 240 gb/s bandwidth, supporting up to 10,000 gpu clusters.⁴

funding

total raised: $800 million across 6 rounds⁵

major investors:

• bytedance (tiktok parent)
• tencent holdings
• hongshan (formerly sequoia china)
• beijing zhongguancun science city (state fund)
• china mobile capital

partnerships

deepseek deployment

february 2025: announced successful deployment of deepseek v3 and r1 models on moore threads gpus.⁶

enterprise customers

• china mobile (telecom infrastructure)
• china unicom (cloud services)
• lenovo (hardware integration)
• china energy engineering corp (computing clusters)

regulatory status

added to u.s. entity list october 17, 2023:⁷

impacts:

• no access to tsmc, intel foundry, samsung foundry
• cannot use u.s. chip design software
• limited to smic manufacturing (7nm process)

ipo process

november 12, 2024: filed for ipo guidance⁸

july 2025: star market ipo application cleared regulatory review alongside metax, targeting combined $1.65 billion funding.¹¹

• target: shanghai stock exchange star market
• advisor: citic securities
• funding goal: portion of combined $1.65b with metax
• status: progressing through regulatory approval process
• expected completion: late 2025

technical performance

competitive positioning

moore threads gpus target different market segments than nvidia flagship products:⁴

• datacenter: mtt s4000 (200 tops int8) vs nvidia a100 (624 tops int8)
• consumer: mtt s90 reportedly outperforms rtx 4060 in some benchmarks
• inference: excellent performance with deepseek models and ollama framework
• affordability: mtt s80 at ~$170 provides accessible ai computing

manufacturing constraints

limited to smic 7nm process technology versus nvidia’s advanced nodes, driving focus on:

• cost-effectiveness over peak performance
• inference optimization rather than training workloads
• software ecosystem development (musa platform)
• multi-gpu clustering capabilities (mtlink scaling to 10,000 processors)¹²

driver improvements

early products faced optimization challenges, but 2024-2025 reviews note significant driver improvements and better compatibility with ai frameworks.

references

[1] south china morning post. (2024, november 13). chip war: china’s gpu start-up helmed by former nvidia executive kicks off pre-ipo process.

[2] videocardz. (2023, december). moore threads introduces mtt s4000 48gb ai gpu.

[3] tom’s hardware. (2024). china’s moore threads polishes homegrown cuda alternative.

[4] tom’s hardware. (2024, july). chinese gpu maker moore threads’ mtlink fabric tech challenges nvidia’s nvlink.

[5] yahoo finance. (2023, february). china’s moore threads valued at $3.4 billion.

[6] tom’s hardware. (2025, february). moore threads gpus show ‘excellent’ inference performance with deepseek models.

[7] tom’s hardware. (2023, october). us sanctions on biren and moore threads.

[8] technode. (2024, november 15). chinese gpu unicorn moore threads files for ipo in china.

[9] after deepseek, china launches gpu moore threads mtt s80 to target nvidia | medium.

[10] chinese gpu maker reveals new workstation gpu: moore threads mtt x300 | tom’s hardware.

[11] chinese gpu startups moore threads, metax file ipos seeking combined $1.65b funding | siliconangle.

[12] chinese gpu maker moore threads’ mtlink fabric tech challenges nvidia’s nvlink | reddit hardware.