Google TPU v6e Trillium vs Google TPU v7 Ironwood
Google TPU v7 Ironwood comes out ahead of Google TPU v6e Trillium on 6 of the 6 things that decide this, going by what each maker publishes. The one that matters for you may be one the leader loses.
The verdict
Google TPU v7 Ironwood takes it, 6–0 on rounds.
On the published figures, Google TPU v7 Ironwood takes 6 of 6 rounds. Treat that as a starting point and check the current figures on both pages, because prices and plans move.
Choose Google TPU v6e Trillium if…
- • You have a reason to pick Google TPU v6e Trillium that is not on this list
Choose Google TPU v7 Ironwood if…
- • You want Google TPU v7 Ironwood's edge on how much memory it has and how fast its memory is
Round by round
- Round 1How much memory it hasGoogle TPU v7 Ironwood winsGoogle TPU v6e Trillium5/10
32 GB HBM
hbm capacity per chip
- 32 GB HBM, against 192 GB HBM
Source: docs.cloud.google.com ↗
Google TPU v7 Ironwood wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 2How fast its memory isGoogle TPU v7 Ironwood winsGoogle TPU v6e Trillium5/10
1638 GBps
hbm bandwidth per chip
- 1638 GBps, against 7.37 TB/s
Source: docs.cloud.google.com ↗
Google TPU v7 Ironwood wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 3How fast it runs FP8 AI mathGoogle TPU v7 Ironwood winsGoogle TPU v6e Trillium5/10
918 TFLOPs
peak fp8 compute per chip (tpu7x comparison table)
- 918 TFLOPs, against 4,614 TFLOPs
Source: docs.cloud.google.com ↗
Google TPU v7 Ironwood wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 4How fast it runs FP16 AI mathGoogle TPU v7 Ironwood winsGoogle TPU v6e Trillium5/10
918 TFLOPs
BF16 peak per chip (Google publishes no FP16 figure)
- 918 TFLOPs, against 2,307 TFLOPs
Source: docs.cloud.google.com ↗
Google TPU v7 Ironwood8/102,307 TFLOPs
BF16 peak per chip (Google publishes no FP16 figure)
- peak bf16 compute per chip
Source: docs.cloud.google.com ↗
Google TPU v7 Ironwood wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 5How fast chips talk to each otherGoogle TPU v7 Ironwood winsGoogle TPU v6e Trillium5/10
800 GBps
ici bandwidth per chip, bidirectional
- 800 GBps, against 1.2 TBps
Source: docs.cloud.google.com ↗
Google TPU v7 Ironwood wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
- Round 6How new it isGoogle TPU v7 Ironwood winsGoogle TPU v6e Trillium5/10
May 15, 2024
announcement blog date
- May 15, 2024, against Apr 09, 2025
Source: cloud.google.com ↗
Google TPU v7 Ironwood wins this round on what the company itself publishes.
Side by side
- peak bf16 compute per chip
- 32 GB HBM, against 192 GB HBM
- 1638 GBps, against 7.37 TB/s
- 918 TFLOPs, against 4,614 TFLOPs
- 918 TFLOPs, against 2,307 TFLOPs
- 192 GB HBM, against 288 GB HBM3E
- 7.37 TB/s, against 8 TB/s
- 4,614 TFLOPs, against 5 PFLOPs
- 2,307 TFLOPs, against 2.5 PFLOPs