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Single-wafer accelerators delivering the fastest published open-model token rates.

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Current version

CS-4

Entry cost

Free trial credits available; developer tier has free promotional credits.

Changes / 30d

9

The short answers · verified November 8, 2026

What is the latest version of Cerebras WSE-3?
The current shipped version of Cerebras WSE-3 is CS-4, as of November 8, 2026.
How much does Cerebras WSE-3 cost?
Cerebras WSE-3 has no published flat entry price. Free trial credits available; developer tier has free promotional credits.
What AI model does Cerebras WSE-3 use?
Cerebras WSE-3 runs primarily on Codex-Spark.

Source: Cerebras — www.cerebras.ai · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow

Capabilities

  • wafer-scale engine
  • record token/s on open models
  • CS-3 systems
  • training clusters
  • Wafer-scale AI inference
  • Cerebras PyTorch
  • ModelZoo
  • Low-level SDK
  • OpenAI API compatibility
  • Disaggregated Inference
  • Wafer-Scale Engine (58x larger than GPUs)
  • 15x faster than GPUs
  • Cerebras PyTorch & ModelZoo support
  • Ultra-fast token generation
  • Low-latency inference
  • Model fine-tuning and training services
  • Wafer-Scale Engine
  • Ultra-fast AI Inference
  • Model fine-tuning and training
  • Custom model weights support
  • PyTorch support
  • 58x larger than GPUs
  • World's largest AI-optimized processor
  • Model training and fine-tuning
  • Ultra-fast AI inference
  • Wafer-Scale Engine AI hardware
  • AI model training and fine-tuning
  • Drop-in OpenAI API compatibility
  • Inference API
  • PyTorch Training
  • Model fine-tuning
  • AI training
  • AI inference
  • Low-latency programming
  • AI Inference
  • Model Fine-tuning
  • Model Training
  • OpenAI API Compatibility
  • Training
  • Fine-tuning
  • Training and fine-tuning services
  • Dedicated queue priority
  • Custom model weights
  • AI Hardware / Chip
  • AI Training & Fine-tuning
  • Wafer-scale hardware acceleration
  • LLM Inference API
  • Model training
  • SDK
  • Developer support
  • AI Training
  • PyTorch Support
  • AI Hardware Accelerator
  • Inference Cloud API
  • World-record speeds
  • AWS Marketplace Integration
  • OpenRouter Integration
  • HuggingFace Integration
  • Vercel Integration
  • Training services
  • Fastest AI inference
  • Developer API
  • AWS Marketplace integration
  • OpenRouter integration
  • HuggingFace integration
  • Vercel integration
  • AI Accelerator
  • AWS Marketplace
  • AI Inference API
  • Model training services
  • Low latency
  • Inference
  • HPC applications
  • Up to 30x faster than GPUs
  • Dedicated on-premise deployment
  • Pytorch Support
  • inference
  • training
  • fine-tuning
  • api-access
  • on-premise
  • Developer SDK
  • Low-latency queue priority
  • GPU-free Wafer-Scale Engine
  • OpenAI-compatible API
  • Fine-tuning and training services
  • Developer Tier Pricing
  • Enterprise SLA
  • Low latency inference
  • Dedicated support
  • Up to 30x faster inference than GPU
  • Pre-training
  • PyTorch SDK
  • Low-latency token generation
  • OpenAI API compatible
  • Custom kernels
  • On-Premise Deployment
  • Cloud API
  • LLM Inference
  • API Access
  • Low Latency
  • Dedicated On-Prem
  • Cloud Inference
  • API
  • Fast Inference
  • LLM Serving
  • Fine-Tuning
  • Inference Cloud
  • Low-latency Inference
  • PyTorch
  • AI Hardware
  • Wafer-scale engine
  • Deep Learning Training
  • High-throughput prefill
  • Custom kernels / SDK
  • API Compatibility
  • Low-latency
  • AI-optimized processor
  • API compatibility
  • Inference SDK
  • Dedicated On-Premise option
  • Drop-in OpenAI compatibility

Pricing

  • Developer Tier / Free Trial

    One-time $5 promotional credit for development, evaluation, and experimentation

    Free

Entry price over time

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9/2/2025 · $150011/8/2026 · $0

Geek mode

Models under the hood

  • Codex-Spark

    Cerebras

    disclosed
  • Gemma

    Google

    inferred
  • Gemma-4-31B

    Google

    inferred
  • GLM-4.7

    Zhipu

    disclosed
  • GPT 5.6 Sol

    OpenAI

    disclosed
  • GPT-5.6-Sol-Ultrafast

    OpenAI

    disclosed
  • Kimi K2.6

    Moonshot

    disclosed
  • Kimi K3.1

    Moonshot AI

    disclosed
  • Llama

    Meta

    inferred
  • Llama / Qwen / GPT-OSS

    open weights

    disclosed
  • Qwen

    Alibaba

    inferred
  • QWEN 3.8 27B

    Alibaba

    disclosed
  • WSE-3

    Cerebras

    disclosed

Context window

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Public API

yes

Multi-model routing

yes

Stack signals

  • PyTorch

Shared model stack

Other tracked products running on the same foundation models — a quick read on how much of the catalog moves when one of these models changes.

green disclosed · amber inferred · grey unattributed. Aliases are folded into one model; provider concentration counts only models with an established vendor.

Reported scale

Reference data. Each figure is whatever the source actually said — weekly users, downloads, revenue run-rate — with its own definition and date. These are not comparable between tools and are never used to rank anything.

No public usage figure on record for this product.

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Change history

  • capability

    New capabilities: Drop-in OpenAI compatibility

    121 tracked122 tracked · +Drop-in OpenAI compatibility

    source
  • version

    Cerebras WSE-3 moved to CS-4

    WSE-3CS-4

    source
  • model

    Cerebras WSE-3 added Kimi K3.1 to its model stack

    Codex-Spark, GLM-4.7, GPT 5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6-Sol-Ultrafast, Gemma, Gemma-4-31B, Kimi K2.6, Llama, Llama / Qwen / GPT-OSS, QWEN 3.8 27B, Qwen, WSE-3Codex-Spark, GLM-4.7, GPT 5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6-Sol-Ultrafast, Gemma, Gemma-4-31B, Kimi K2.6, Kimi K3.1, Llama, Llama / Qwen / GPT-OSS, QWEN 3.8 27B, Qwen, WSE-3

    source
  • version

    Cerebras WSE-3 moved to WSE-3

    CS-4WSE-3

    source
  • version

    Cerebras WSE-3 moved to CS-4

    WSE-3CS-4

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Inference SDK, Dedicated On-Premise option

    119 tracked121 tracked · +Inference SDK, Dedicated On-Premise option

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: API compatibility

    118 tracked119 tracked · +API compatibility

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: AI-optimized processor

    117 tracked118 tracked · +AI-optimized processor

    source
  • version

    Cerebras WSE-3 moved to WSE-3

    CS-4WSE-3

    source
  • version

    Cerebras WSE-3 moved to CS-4

    CS-3CS-4

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Low-latency

    116 tracked117 tracked · +Low-latency

    source
  • version

    Cerebras WSE-3 moved to CS-3

    WSE-3CS-3

    source
  • version

    Cerebras WSE-3 moved to WSE-3

    CS-4WSE-3

    source
  • version

    Cerebras WSE-3 moved to CS-4

    WSE-3CS-4

    source
  • version

    Cerebras WSE-3 moved to WSE-3

    CS-3WSE-3

    source
  • version

    Cerebras WSE-3 moved to CS-3

    WSE-3CS-3

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: API Compatibility

    115 tracked116 tracked · +API Compatibility

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $0/mo

    $0.01$0

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price increased to $0.01/mo

    $0$0.01

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: High-throughput prefill, Custom kernels / SDK

    113 tracked115 tracked · +High-throughput prefill, Custom kernels / SDK

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: AI Hardware, Wafer-scale engine, Deep Learning Training

    110 tracked113 tracked · +AI Hardware, Wafer-scale engine, Deep Learning Training

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: PyTorch

    109 tracked110 tracked · +PyTorch

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Inference Cloud, Low-latency Inference

    107 tracked109 tracked · +Inference Cloud, Low-latency Inference

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: API, Fast Inference, LLM Serving

    103 tracked107 tracked · +API, Fast Inference, LLM Serving, Fine-Tuning

    source
  • version

    Cerebras WSE-3 moved to WSE-3

    CS-4WSE-3

    source
  • version

    Cerebras WSE-3 moved to CS-4

    WSE-3CS-4

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Dedicated On-Prem, Cloud Inference

    101 tracked103 tracked · +Dedicated On-Prem, Cloud Inference

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: LLM Inference, API Access, Low Latency

    98 tracked101 tracked · +LLM Inference, API Access, Low Latency

    source
  • model

    Cerebras WSE-3 added QWEN 3.8 27B to its model stack

    Codex-Spark, GLM-4.7, GPT 5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6-Sol-Ultrafast, Gemma, Gemma-4-31B, Kimi K2.6, Llama, Llama / Qwen / GPT-OSS, Qwen, WSE-3Codex-Spark, GLM-4.7, GPT 5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6-Sol-Ultrafast, Gemma, Gemma-4-31B, Kimi K2.6, Llama, Llama / Qwen / GPT-OSS, QWEN 3.8 27B, Qwen, WSE-3

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: On-Premise Deployment, Cloud API

    96 tracked98 tracked · +On-Premise Deployment, Cloud API

    source
  • pricing

    Entry price decreased to $0/mo

    $10$0

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: OpenAI API compatible, Custom kernels

    94 tracked96 tracked · +OpenAI API compatible, Custom kernels

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: PyTorch SDK, Low-latency token generation

    92 tracked94 tracked · +PyTorch SDK, Low-latency token generation

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Up to 30x faster inference than GPU, Pre-training

    90 tracked92 tracked · +Up to 30x faster inference than GPU, Pre-training

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Low latency inference, Dedicated support

    88 tracked90 tracked · +Low latency inference, Dedicated support

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Developer Tier Pricing, Enterprise SLA

    86 tracked88 tracked · +Developer Tier Pricing, Enterprise SLA

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: GPU-free Wafer-Scale Engine, OpenAI-compatible API, Fine-tuning and training services

    83 tracked86 tracked · +GPU-free Wafer-Scale Engine, OpenAI-compatible API, Fine-tuning and training services

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Developer SDK, Low-latency queue priority

    81 tracked83 tracked · +Developer SDK, Low-latency queue priority

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: inference, training, fine-tuning

    76 tracked81 tracked · +inference, training, fine-tuning, api-access, on-premise

    source
  • capability

    New capabilities: Pytorch Support

    75 tracked76 tracked · +Pytorch Support

    source
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How to cite this page

Free to cite and reuse under CC BY 4.0. Permalink: https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/cerebras

APA
Tomorrow. (2026). Cerebras WSE-3 — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-11-08, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/cerebras
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-cerebras,
  author       = {{Tomorrow}},
  title        = {Cerebras WSE-3 — version, pricing and model stack},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {AlienSquad},
  howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/cerebras}},
  note         = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}
}