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Graphcore IPUGoogle TPU Ironwood
| Attribute | Graphcore IPU SoftBank | Google TPU Ironwood |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Chips & Compute | Chips & Compute |
| Version | Bow IPU | 7th-generation (Ironwood) |
| Entry cost | System sales | from $5.4/unit |
| 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 |
| Model stack | n/a | Gemini · Google TPU Ironwood · Ironwood · Ironwood (TPU v7) · Ironwood TPU · Ironwood TPU (7th Generation) · TPU v7 · TPU7x · TPU7x (Ironwood) · XLA compiler |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 11 |
| Origin | EU | Global |
| Capabilities | Wafer-on-wafer, Poplar SDK, Sparse compute | 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 |