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Inference-first TPU pods
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- Cost
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- Model
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Tenstorrent Blackhole
Tenstorrent · #3 most active of 18 in Chips & Compute
Open-source software stack and RISC-V based accelerators sold as cards and IP.
83
Trust score · Mostly verified
3 data points checked · 2026-11-03
Current version
Blackhole
Entry cost
from $999/unit
Changes / 30d
8
The short answers · verified November 6, 2026
- What is the latest version of Tenstorrent Blackhole?
- The current shipped version of Tenstorrent Blackhole is Blackhole, as of November 6, 2026.
- How much does Tenstorrent Blackhole cost?
- Tenstorrent Blackhole starts at $999 per month on its cheapest paid tier, as of November 6, 2026.
- What AI model does Tenstorrent Blackhole use?
- Tenstorrent Blackhole runs primarily on Blackhole Tensix.
Source: Tenstorrent — github.com · Reusable under CC BY 4.0 — cite Tomorrow
Capabilities
- RISC-V cores
- open tt-metal stack
- Ethernet-scaled cards
- IP licensing
- Passive, active and liquid cooling options
- High-performance AI processing
- Liquid-cooled workstations (TT-QuietBox)
- Scale-out servers (Tenstorrent Galaxy)
- PCIe Cards
- Tensix Cores
- Liquid cooling options
- TT-Metalium low-level C++ SDK
- TT-NN high-level Python API
- TT-Forge MLIR-based compiler
- TT-QuietBox workstation
- Tenstorrent Galaxy server
- PCIe Card form factor
- Active, passive, and liquid cooling options
- Infinitely scalable
- TT-Metalium low-level C++ SDK support
- TT-NN high-level Python API support
- TT-Forge MLIR-based compiler support
- Liquid-cooled workstation options
- Low-level kernels (LLK)
- C++ SDK (TT-Metalium)
- Python API (TT-NN)
- MLIR compiler (TT-Forge)
- Cloud-Native Support (Kubernetes)
- Virtual Studio Code Toolkit (TT-VSCode-Toolkit)
- AI processing
- liquid cooled
- PCIe Card
- Tensix cores
- Liquid-cooled workstation option
- Liquid Cooled Workstations
- AI Processing
- liquid-cooled workstation support
- PCIe card support
- enterprise-class AI server support
- Liquid-cooled workstation
- Scalable AI server
- Workstations
- Liquid-cooled
- Low-level C++ SDK (TT-Metalium)
- MLIR-based compiler (TT-Forge)
- Ethernet routing configuration
- AI model serving
- AI acceleration
- liquid cooled workstations
- enterprise-class AI server
- open-source compiler support
- AI Acceleration
- Liquid Cooled Workstation Support
- PCIe Interface
- RISC-V Architecture
- Open-Source Software Stack
- RISC-V architecture
- Liquid Cooling Option
- AI hardware accelerator
- Liquid-cooled options
- PCIe Card compatibility
- Tensor Core / Tensix cores
- AI accelerator
- PCIe card
- Workstation AI
- Enterprise-class AI server
- liquid-cooled workstation
- LLM inference
- AI hardware
- Workstation
- Server
- Liquid-cooled Workstations
- Open-source software stack
- PCIe cards
- TT-Metalium SDK
- multi-server configurations
- liquid cooled workstation
- low-level kernels
- low-level C++ SDK
- high-level Python API
- AI Hardware
- Liquid Cooled Workstation
- AI Accelerator
- Liquid-cooled workstation support
- PCIe Card support
- PCIe card form factor
- Enterprise-class AI server options
- Workstation Integration
- liquid cooling option
- PCIe AI Processor
- C++ SDK / Metalium
- PyTorch/JAX/ONNX Support
- vLLM serving
- TTNN APIs
- Enterprise-class AI servers
- C++ SDK
- Python API
- MLIR Compiler
- MLIR Compiler (TT-Forge)
- Liquid-Cooled Workstations
- Enterprise AI Servers
- Servers
- Liquid Cooled
- Enterprise-Class AI Server
- Liquid-cooled option
- High-level Python API (TT-NN)
- Enterprise Servers
- liquid cooling options
- AI Hardware Accelerator
- Liquid-cooled Workstation (QuietBox)
- Enterprise-class AI Server (Galaxy)
- MLIR-based compiler
- liquid-cooled
- Low-level C++ SDK
- Open-source compiler
- Workstation system support
- Enterprise Server
- Metalium SDK support
- TT-NN API support
- Liquid cooling option
- Deep Learning
- LLM Serving
- Low-Level Kernel Support
- Metalium C++ SDK
- TT-NN API
- Liquid Coled Workstation
- Ethernet routing
- TT-Forge Compiler
- Liquid cooled
- Scalable AI server option
- Liquid cooled workstation options
- MLIR compiler
- PCIe Card format
- QuietBox workstation compatible
- Galaxy server compatible
- AI processor
- Liquid-cooled Workstation format
- Server format
- Open-source software
- Enterprise Servers (Galaxy)
- MLIR-based Software Stack
- Liquid-cooled Workstation
- Enterprise-class AI Server
- open-source software stack
- Liquid Cooling Options
- PCIe Card Support
- Scale-out Servers
- Liquid-cooled Servers
- Workstation option
- Liquid cooling
- PCIe card format
- AI hardware acceleration
- Enterprise AI Server
- Open-source Stack
Pricing
Cards
Passive, active and liquid cooling options
$999
Workstations
Whisper-quiet, liquid cooled - run models up to 120b parameters from your desk
$9999
Servers (Tenstorrent Galaxy)
Sovereign, scale-out servers for production AI
$70000
Entry price over time
Geek mode
Models under the hood
- disclosed
Blackhole Tensix
Tenstorrent
- inferred
Gemma-2
Google
- inferred
Gemma4
Google
- inferred
GLM-5.2
Zhipu AI
- inferred
Kimi-K3
Moonshot AI
- inferred
Llama-3.3-70B
Meta
- inferred
Qwen3-32B
Alibaba
- disclosed
Tensix cores
Tenstorrent
- disclosed
tt-metal / tt-nn
Tenstorrent
Context window
—
Public API
no
Multi-model routing
no
Stack signals
- PyTorch
- JAX
- ONNX
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.
- GLM 5.2+1 aliasZhipu AI · 5 products
- Kimi K3+1 aliasMoonshot AI · 5 products
- Llama-3.3-70B+1 aliasMeta · 2 products
- Qwen3-32B+1 aliasAlibaba · 2 products
- Blackhole TensixTenstorrent · 1 product
- Gemma-2Google · 1 product
- Gemma4Google · 1 product
- Tensix coresTenstorrent · 1 product
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
- version
- capability
- version
- capability
- model
Tenstorrent Blackhole added Blackhole Tensix to its model stack
GLM-5.2, Gemma-2, Gemma4, Kimi-K3, Llama-3.3-70B, Qwen3-32B, Tensix cores, tt-metal / tt-nnBlackhole Tensix, GLM-5.2, Gemma-2, Gemma4, Kimi-K3, Llama-3.3-70B, Qwen3-32B, Tensix cores, tt-metal / tt-nn
source - capability
- capability
- capability
- capability
- capability
New capabilities: Liquid Cooling Options, PCIe Card Support, Scale-out Servers
144 tracked147 tracked · +Liquid Cooling Options, PCIe Card Support, Scale-out Servers
source - capability
New capabilities: open-source software stack
143 tracked144 tracked · +open-source software stack
source - capability
New capabilities: Liquid-cooled Workstation, Enterprise-class AI Server
141 tracked143 tracked · +Liquid-cooled Workstation, Enterprise-class AI Server
source - version
- capability
New capabilities: Enterprise Servers (Galaxy), MLIR-based Software Stack
139 tracked141 tracked · +Enterprise Servers (Galaxy), MLIR-based Software Stack
source - version
- capability
- version
- version
- capability
New capabilities: AI processor, Liquid-cooled Workstation format, Server format
135 tracked138 tracked · +AI processor, Liquid-cooled Workstation format, Server format
source - version
- capability
New capabilities: MLIR compiler, PCIe Card format, QuietBox workstation compatible
131 tracked135 tracked · +MLIR compiler, PCIe Card format, QuietBox workstation compatible, Galaxy server compatible
source - version
- capability
New capabilities: Liquid cooled workstation options
130 tracked131 tracked · +Liquid cooled workstation options
source - capability
New capabilities: Scalable AI server option
129 tracked130 tracked · +Scalable AI server option
source - capability
- capability
- capability
New capabilities: Liquid Coled Workstation, Ethernet routing
125 tracked127 tracked · +Liquid Coled Workstation, Ethernet routing
source - version
- capability
New capabilities: Metalium C++ SDK, TT-NN API
123 tracked125 tracked · +Metalium C++ SDK, TT-NN API
source - version
- capability
New capabilities: Deep Learning, LLM Serving, Low-Level Kernel Support
120 tracked123 tracked · +Deep Learning, LLM Serving, Low-Level Kernel Support
source - capability
New capabilities: Metalium SDK support, TT-NN API support, Liquid cooling option
117 tracked120 tracked · +Metalium SDK support, TT-NN API support, Liquid cooling option
source - version
- version
- capability
- version
- version
- capability
New capabilities: Workstation system support
115 tracked116 tracked · +Workstation system support
source - version
Tenstorrent Blackhole compared
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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/tenstorrent
APA
Tomorrow. (2026). Tenstorrent Blackhole — version, pricing and model stack [Data set entry]. AlienSquad. Retrieved 2026-11-08, from https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/tenstorrent
BibTeX
@misc{tomorrow-tools-tenstorrent,
author = {{Tomorrow}},
title = {Tenstorrent Blackhole — version, pricing and model stack},
year = {2026},
publisher = {AlienSquad},
howpublished = {\url{https://tomorrow.aliensquad.ai/tools/tenstorrent}},
note = {Accessed: 2026-11-08}
}