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Google TPU 8i vs Google TPU 8t

Side-by-side specifications, performance, and rental pricing for datacenter AI workloads.

TPU 8i: TPU 8, 2026 TPU 8t: TPU 8, 2026
Memory
288 vs 216 GB
72 GB more for the TPU 8i
Bandwidth
8.6 TB/s vs 6.5 TB/s
TPU 8i moves data faster
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Google TPU 8i vs Google TPU 8t

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Google TPU 8i

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What is the Google TPU 8i?

The TPU 8i is a TPU from Google on the TPU 8 architecture, an accelerator built for AI training and inference. It has been announced but is not yet shipping. TPU 8i full specifications →

Can I rent the TPU 8i in the cloud?

Flopper is not tracking any live rental listings for the TPU 8i yet. The provider directory lists the clouds that rent comparable accelerators on demand. GPU cloud providers →

How does the TPU 8i compare with other accelerators?

This page sets the TPU 8i against the TPU 8t. Both parts launched in the same year. Both are Google parts. The compare tool builds the same comparison for any two parts in the catalogue. All GPU comparisons →

Where do the TPU 8i figures come from?

Google published the TPU 8i figures in marketing material rather than a datasheet, and Flopper has no independent confirmation of them. How Flopper verifies specifications →

Google TPU 8t

Full specs →

What is the Google TPU 8t?

The TPU 8t is a TPU from Google on the TPU 8 architecture, an accelerator built for AI training and inference. It has been announced but is not yet shipping. TPU 8t full specifications →

Can I rent the TPU 8t in the cloud?

Flopper is not tracking any live rental listings for the TPU 8t yet. The provider directory lists the clouds that rent comparable accelerators on demand. GPU cloud providers →

How does the TPU 8t compare with other accelerators?

This page sets the TPU 8t against the TPU 8i. Both parts launched in the same year. Both are Google parts. The compare tool builds the same comparison for any two parts in the catalogue. All GPU comparisons →

Where do the TPU 8t figures come from?

Google published the TPU 8t figures in marketing material rather than a datasheet, and Flopper has no independent confirmation of them. How Flopper verifies specifications →

Specifications

TPU 8i
TPU 8t
Architecture
TPU 8TPU 8
Launch Year
20262026
Form Factor
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Memory
288 GB216 GB
Memory Bandwidth
8.6 TB/s6.5 TB/s
TDP
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Process Node
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Performance (TFLOPS)

TPU 8i
TPU 8t
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FP6
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10,100 TFLOPS 12,600 TFLOPS
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What actually differs

Both launched in 2026, the TPU 8i on TPU 8 and the TPU 8t on TPU 8.

The TPU 8i carries 72 GB more memory (288 GB against 216 GB), so larger models fit on one GPU before you shard. Bandwidth is 8.6 TB/s against 6.5 TB/s, which sets the ceiling on decode speed.

Weight the FP8 and FP16 rows for LLM work and the FP64 row for HPC.

New to the terms? The glossary explains FP4, Sparsity and TFLOPS.

Frequently asked questions

Which should you choose, the TPU 8i or the TPU 8t?

Choose the TPU 8i when the model has to fit on one GPU: it carries 72 GB more memory.

Which has more memory, the TPU 8i or the TPU 8t?

The TPU 8i carries 288 GB of memory versus 216 GB for the TPU 8t. Memory bandwidth is 8.6 TB/s for the TPU 8i and 6.5 TB/s for the TPU 8t.

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