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TPU v5p Pod

TPU v5p Pod is a Google AI system with 8,960 Google TPU v5p and 2,240 Custom host.

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TPU v5p Pod on /systems
TL;DR

TPU v5p Pod is a Google AI system with 8,960 Google TPU v5p and 2,240 Custom host.

Level 1

Google's high-performance TPU pod for large-scale training. 8,960 TPU v5p chips in a single pod connected via ICI 3.0 fabric. Powers Gemini 1.5 and internal Google AI training. Only available on Google Cloud. The largest single training domain outside of xAI's Colossus.

Level 2

The dataset lists 8,100 PFLOPS of FP8 compute and 4,050 PFLOPS at BF16. It has 860 TB of HBM3. Interconnect: ICI 3.0. Power: 2,500 kW, liquid cooled.

Level 3

Known deployments: Google DeepMind and Anthropic. Figures come from spec sheets and disclosures in the curated systems dataset, dated on the systems page.

The takeaway for you
If you are a
Researcher
  • ·8,960 × Google TPU v5p
  • ·Interconnect: ICI 3.0
If you are a
Builder
  • ·liquid cooling · 2,500 kW
  • ·Compare systems on /systems/google-tpu-v5p-pod
If you are a
Investor
  • ·Deployed by Google DeepMind and Anthropic
If you are a
Curious · Normie
  • ·TPU v5p Pod is a big AI computer built from many Google TPU v5p chips
TPU v5p Pod is a Google AI system with 8,960 Google TPU v5p and 2,240 Custom host.
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