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Qwen 3 8B on TPU v6e Trillium (32GB): Does It Fit, How Fast, What It Costs

Qwen 3 8B at FP16 needs 16.0 GB for its weights and 25.7 GB in total at 8K context with 8 concurrent users. That means it fits on a single TPU v6e Trillium (32GB). Every figure is computed by tokcalc's open-source capacity model.

Fits?
Yes, 1 GPU
25.7 GB needed / 32 GB available
Decode speed
33.27
tok/s per stream
Aggregate
399.3
tok/s @ 8 concurrent
Cost / 1M tokens
$0.5566
1× TPU v6e Trillium (32GB)
What changes as you add TPU v6e Trillium (32GB)s
Tensor-parallel degree vs VRAM, throughput, and cost. Cost scales linearly with GPU count; decode throughput scales near-linearly too, so cost per token stays roughly flat.
GPUsTotal VRAMVRAM neededDecode tok/sAggregate tok/sTTFTCost / 1M tokFits?
1× TPU32 GB25.7 GB33.27399.3345.6 ms$0.5566✓
2× TPU64 GB25.7 GB56.561357190.5 ms$0.3274✓
4× TPU128 GB25.7 GB113.15430110.2 ms$0.1637✓
8× TPU256 GB25.7 GB226.22172070.1 ms$0.0819✓
Concurrency vs context length
On 1× TPU v6e Trillium (32GB) at FP16. KV cache scales linearly with context, so this is the number of users your GPUs can actually serve.
ContextConcurrent usersKV per requestFits?
4K26618.5 MB✓ fits
8K131.21 GB✓ fits
33K34.83 GB✓ fits
66K19.66 GB✓ fits
131K019.33 GB✗ does not fit
Other GPUs that run Qwen 3 8B
Same workload, same quantization — ranked by value (tokens per dollar-hour).
GPUGPUsAggregate tok/sCost / 1M tok
RTX 5090 32GB1×873.6$0.1590
AMD MI300X 192GB1×2584$0.2688
V100 SXM2 32GB1×438.8$0.3166
A100 40GB SXM41×755.6$0.3309
AMD MI325X 288GB1×2925$0.3324
A100 80GB SXM41×975.0$0.3419
Frequently asked questions

Can Qwen 3 8B run on TPU v6e Trillium (32GB)?

Yes. Qwen 3 8B at FP16 needs 25.7 GB including the KV cache, and TPU v6e Trillium (32GB) has 32 GB — so it fits on a single GPU.

How fast is Qwen 3 8B on TPU v6e Trillium (32GB)?

33.27 tokens/sec per stream and 399.3 tok/s aggregate with continuous batching at 8 concurrent users. Time to first token is 345.6 ms, and inter-token latency is 30.1 ms.

What does Qwen 3 8B on TPU v6e Trillium (32GB) cost per million tokens?

$0.5566 per 1M output tokens at 1× TPU v6e Trillium (32GB) ($0.8000/hr). That is the marginal hardware cost — add idle capacity, ops, and egress for the real figure.

How much VRAM does Qwen 3 8B need on TPU v6e Trillium (32GB)?

16.0 GB for the weights at FP16, plus 9.7 GB of KV cache for 8 concurrent requests at 8K context — 25.7 GB total. Every extra concurrent user at long context costs more, so leave headroom.

Is TPU v6e Trillium (32GB) the right choice for Qwen 3 8B?

It works. Compare $0.5566 per 1M tokens against the alternatives below — the cheapest option that fits the same workload is 4× RTX 3080 10GB at $0.0441, and the fastest is 1× Cerebras CS-3 (WSE-3) at 9750 tok/s.

Adjust the workload yourself

Same formulas, your context length, concurrency, and quantisation.

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