Cloud TPU pricing

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    Cloud TPUs are purpose-built AI accelerators, which are fully optimized for a diverse range of AI training, tuning, and inference workloads.

    Learn  which Cloud TPU products works best for your unique project needs.

    Regional pricing

    Note: Contact our sales team  for access to Cloud TPU v5p, our most powerful and scalable Cloud TPU to date, now generally available.

    Cloud TPU pricing varies by product, deployment model & region. Charges for Cloud TPU accrue while a TPU node is in a READY state. Customers receive a bill at the end of each billing cycle that lists usage and charges for that billing cycle. Prices displayed here are  per chip-hour in USD .

    Cloud TPU Version

    (per chip-hour)

    Region

    Location

    On Demand (USD)

    (per hour or per month)

    1-year Commitment (USD)

    (per hour or per month)

    3-year Commitment (USD)

    (per hour or per month)

    Trillium

    us-east1

    South Carolina

    $2.70
    $1.89
    $1.22

    us-east5

    Ohio

    $2.70
    $1.89
    $1.22

    europe-west4

    Amsterdam

    $2.97
    $2.08
    $1.34

    asia-northeast1

    Tokyo

    $3.24
    $2.27
    $1.46

    TPU v5p

    us-east5

    Columbus

    $4.20
    $2.94
    $1.89

    us-east1

    South Carolina

    $4.20
    $2.94
    $1.89

    TPU v5e

    us-central1

    Iowa

    $1.20
    $0.84
    $0.54

    us-east5

    Columbus

    $1.20
    $0.84
    $0.54

    us-south1

    Dallas

    $1.416
    $0.9912
    $0.6372

    us-west1

    Oregon

    $1.20
    $0.84
    $0.54

    us-west4

    Las Vegas

    $1.20
    $0.84
    $0.54

    europe-west1

    Belgium

    $1.32132
    $0.924924
    $0.594594

    europe-west4

    Netherlands

    $1.56
    $1.092
    $0.702

    asia-southeast1

    Singapore

    $1.56
    $1.092
    $0.702

    TPU v4 pod

    us-central2

    Oklahoma

    $3.22
    $2.0286
    $1.449

    TPU v3 pod

    europe-west4

    Netherlands

    $2.00
    $1.26
    $0.90

    TPU v3 device

    europe-west4

    Netherlands

    $2.20
    $1.386
    $0.99

    TPU v2 pod

    us-central1

    Iowa

    $1.50
    $0.945
    $0.675

    europe-west4

    Netherlands

    $1.50
    $0.945
    $0.675

    TPU v2 device

    asia-east1

    Taiwan

    $1.305
    $0.82215
    $0.58725

    europe-west4

    Netherlands

    $1.2375
    $0.779625
    $0.556875

    Spot prices are dynamic and can change up to once every 30 days. For more information, see the  Spot VMs  documentation.

    Cloud TPU usage options

    Type

    Billing

    Best fit for:

    3-year commitment (3Y CUD)

    Monthly, based on reserved quota

    ML users who need a more consistent access to 512+ cores of capacity compared to On Demand or Spot options

    1-year commitment (1Y CUD)

    Monthly, based on reserved quota

    ML users who need a more consistent access to 32-512 cores of capacity compared to On Demand or Spot options

    On Demand

    Hourly, based on actual usage

    ML users who want to run some short-term experiments or benchmarks

    Spot/Preemptible

    Hourly, based on actual usage

    ML users who want to run batch / fault-tolerant workloads

    Chips vs Cores vs VMs

    Pricing shown above is per chip-hour. A single TPU Virtual Machine (VM) can have multiple chips and at least 2 cores. Billing in the Google Cloud console is displayed in VM-hours (for example, the on-demand price for a single Cloud TPU v4 host, which includes four TPU v4 chips and one VM, is displayed as $12.88 per hour). Usage data in the Google Cloud console is also measured in VM-hours.

    Estimate your cost

    Estimate the cost of using Cloud TPU with the  Compute Engine pricing calculator , choose “Cloud TPU” on the top bar.

    Free access via TRC

    New customers get $300 in free credits to spend on Google Cloud.  Get started  now.

    If you are a researcher, student, tinkerer, artist, or entrepreneur, consider  applying  to the  TPU Research Cloud program . TRC members are granted free access to a large cluster of Cloud TPUs, and they share their work with the world via peer-reviewed publications, open source code, blog posts, videos, and other media. (Here are  examples  of TRC-supported publications.)

    Apply  to accelerate your research today!

    Take the next step

    Request a custom quote

    With Google Cloud's pay-as-you-go pricing, you only pay for the services you use. Connect with our sales team to get a custom quote for your organization.
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