SambaNova SN40L
Reconfigurable dataflow units with three-tier memory for serving many models per node.
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SambaNova SN40L vs Tenstorrent Blackhole
SambaNova SN40L (SambaNova) and Tenstorrent Blackhole (Tenstorrent) both sit in Chips & Compute. SambaNova SN40L is the cheaper entry point at Free tier available; pay-as-you-go developer and subscription-based enterprise plans offered.. Tenstorrent Blackhole shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (8 vs 2). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | SambaNova SN40L SambaNova | Tenstorrent Blackhole Tenstorrent |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Chips & Compute | Chips & Compute |
| Version | SN40L | Blackhole |
| Entry cost | Free tier available; pay-as-you-go developer and subscription-based enterprise plans offered. | from $999/unit |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · Developer Pay as you go free | Cards $999 · Workstations $9999 · Servers (Tenstorrent Galaxy) $70000 |
| Model stack | DeepSeek-V3.1 · gpt-oss-120b · Llama / DeepSeek open weights · Llama 3 · Llama 3.1 · Llama 3.1 (8B, 70B, 405B) · Llama 3.1 405B · Llama 3.1 70B · Llama 3.1 8B · MiniMax M2.7 · MiniMax M3.1 Flash · Production & Preview models · RDU · RDU dataflow · SambaNova RDU · SambaNova SN40L RDUs · SambaRack SN40-16 · SN40L RDU | Blackhole Tensix · Gemma-2 · Gemma4 · GLM-5.2 · Kimi-K3 · Llama-3.3-70B · Qwen3-32B · Tensix cores · tt-metal / tt-nn |
| Context window | — | — |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 2 | 8 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | three-tier memory, many models per node, fast open-model serving, Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit (RDU), Three-tier memory architecture, Dataflow processing, Low power inference, Multi-model concurrency | 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) |
Tenstorrent Blackhole
Open-source software stack and RISC-V based accelerators sold as cards and IP.
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