Tenstorrent cards may be a cheaper path for local AI
’s P150a is being considered as a possible alternative card for local AI. Its is listed as 512GB/s, which is not especially high, but it has 32GB of GDDR6 memory. It also includes a fast rated at 4×800GbE, so multi-card setups may not have to depend only on PCIe.
The card is described as costing about one third of an RTX 5090, and GPU meshing is built in. The main open issue is whether the hardware and software are mature enough for real local AI work today.
Key points
- The P150a has 32GB of GDDR6 memory.
- Its is listed as 512GB/s.
- The 4×800GbE could help multi-card systems avoid relying only on PCIe.
- The card is described as about one third the price of an RTX 5090.
- Software maturity is the key question for local AI use.