Use-case guide · Long context

Should you pick TPU v5e for long context?

TPU v5e has 16 GB VRAM. Whether it's the right fit for long context depends on your model size, expected QPS, and budget. Below is what we're seeing in production.

VRAM + model fit

TPU v5e fits models up to ~11B parameters in BF16 comfortably with room for KV-cache. For long context specifically, you'll want to leave headroom for context length growth.

Pricing

Live pricing across all providers for TPU v5e is on the GPU detail page — click through for the sortable list.

Throughput

On long context workloads, TPU v5e typically delivers the throughput published in its FP16 spec, minus the framework overhead (vLLM ≈ 85% MFU, TGI ≈ 70%).

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