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Google TPU IronwoodCerebras WSE-3
| Attribute | Google TPU Ironwood | Cerebras WSE-3 Cerebras |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Chips & Compute | Chips & Compute |
| Version | 7th-generation (Ironwood) | CS-4 |
| Entry cost | from $5.4/unit | Free trial credits available; developer tier has free promotional credits. |
| Pricing tiers | On Demand (us-central1) $12 · DWS Flex-start (us-central1) $6 · DWS Calendar Mode (us-central1) $8.4 · 1-year Commitment (us-central1) $8.4 · 3-year Commitment (us-central1) $5.4 · On Demand (europe-west2) $13.2 · DWS Flex-start (europe-west2) $6 · DWS Calendar Mode (europe-west2) $8.4 | Developer Tier / Free Trial free |
| Model stack | Gemini · Google TPU Ironwood · Ironwood · Ironwood (TPU v7) · Ironwood TPU · Ironwood TPU (7th Generation) · TPU v7 · TPU7x · TPU7x (Ironwood) · XLA compiler | Codex-Spark · Gemma · Gemma-4-31B · GLM-4.7 · GPT 5.6 Sol · GPT-5.6-Sol-Ultrafast · Kimi K2.6 · Kimi K3.1 · Llama · Llama / Qwen / GPT-OSS · Qwen · QWEN 3.8 27B · WSE-3 |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 11 | 9 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | 9,216-chip pods, inference optimised, liquid cooled, JAX + PyTorch/XLA, Large-scale training, Reasoning and inference, 9,216 liquid-cooled chips per pod, 42.5 ExaFlops performance | wafer-scale engine, record token/s on open models, CS-3 systems, training clusters, Wafer-scale AI inference, Cerebras PyTorch, ModelZoo, Low-level SDK |