Google designs Tensor Processing Units, now in their seventh generation, Ironwood, and offers them through Google Cloud. In October 2025 Anthropic agreed to use up to one million TPUs, adding to Google's own use of the chips for Gemini.
At a glance
| Price from | Pay per use on Google Cloud |
| Best for | AI labs training and serving large models in the cloud |
From Google (TPU)'s own website.
What stands out
- Mature design over many generations
- Large external customers
Worth knowing
- Mainly available through Google Cloud
- Less flexible than general-purpose GPUs
How it ranks
Google (TPU) is ranked 3rd of 10 in Best AI Chip Companies (Lister Score 94.7).
#3 in Best AI Chip Companies · Lister Score 94.7
Anthropic agreed in October 2025 to access up to one million Google TPUs..
| Rank | Best AI Chip Companies | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nvidia | 97.4 |
| 2 | AMD | 95.9 |
| 3 | Google (TPU) | 94.7 |
| 4 | Broadcom | 93.5 |
| 5 | Amazon Web Services (Trainium) | 92.2 |
| 6 | Huawei (Ascend) | 90.8 |
| 7 | Cerebras | 89.5 |
| 8 | Intel | 88.1 |
| 9 | Qualcomm | 86.6 |
| 10 | Tenstorrent | 85.2 |
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Google (TPU) is ranked 3rd of 10 in Best AI Chip Companies (Lister Score 94.7).
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