Side-by-side, with the numbers that matter.

Two rigs, one table. Higher numbers win in cobalt; TDP and price flip.

Rig A

HPE / AMD · workstation

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Rig B

Boston Dynamics · edge

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Spec	El Capitan	Boston Dynamics Spot
Accelerator	AMD Instinct MI300A (APU)	—
Battery WH	—	564
Canonical Name	—	Boston Dynamics Spot
Commercial Release Year	—	2,020
Cores	11,340,000	—
CPU	AMD 4th Gen EPYC 24C 1.8GHz	—
Current Price Published	—	false
Deployment Status	—	commercial
DOF	—	12
Form factor	—	quadruped
FOV Degrees	—	360
Hpcg Tflops	17,406	—
Installation Year	2,024	—
Interconnect	HPE Slingshot-11	—
IP Rating	—	IP54
Joints PER LEG	—	3
Legs	—	4
Length IN	—	43.3
Length MM	—	1,100
Location	DOE/NNSA/Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	—
Manufacturer	HPE	—
MAX Slope Degrees	—	30
MAX Speed M S	—	1.6
Model	HPE Cray EX255a	—
MSRP (USD)↓ better	—	74,500
Operating Temp MAX C	—	55
Operating Temp MIN C	—	-20
Operating Temp MIN C ABS	—	20
Payload DC Voltage MAX V	—	58.8
Payload DC Voltage MIN V	—	35
Payload KG	—	14
Payload LBS	—	30.9
Payload Power W PER Port	—	150
Power KW	29,684.62	—
Range M	—	4
Recharge Minutes	—	60
Rmax Pflops	1,809	—
Rpeak Pflops	2,821.1	—
Runtime Minutes	—	90
Standing Height MM	—	610
Status Checked	—	2026-09-24
Step Height MM	—	300
Top500 Jun2026 NO1	LineShine (National Supercomputing Centre in Shenzhen, China)	—
Top500 Rank Jun2026	2	—
Top500 Rank Nov2024	1	—
Top500 Rank Nov2025	1	—
Vendor	—	Boston Dynamics
Weight KG	—	33.8
Weight LBS	—	74.5
Width IN	—	19.7
Width MM	—	500