def teraflops_for_accelerator(accel):
    """
    Stores the number of TFLOPs available to a few accelerators, including driver handicaps.

    Args:
        accel (str): A string descriptor of which accelerator to use. Must be either "3090" or "V100".

    Returns:
        accel_flops (int): an integer of how many TFLOPs are in the accelerator.
    """
    accel_flops = {"3090": 71, "V100": 125}
    return accel_flops[accel]