diff --git a/paddle/framework/tensor.h b/paddle/framework/tensor.h
index e164f57abc5367d7ae82f26b52bb9546e70bda44..8cb4d1793c1a24da3fd55c36810e75630711efce 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/tensor.h
+++ b/paddle/framework/tensor.h
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ limitations under the License. */
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <cstring>
 #include <memory>
-#include <type_traits>
 #include "paddle/framework/ddim.h"
 #include "paddle/framework/enforce.h"
 #include "paddle/memory/memory.h"
@@ -28,15 +27,15 @@ namespace framework {
 
 class Tensor {
  public:
-  Tensor() : offset_(0) { numel_ = product(dims_); }
+  Tensor() : numel_(0), offset_(0) {}
 
   Tensor& operator=(const Tensor& src) = delete;
 
   template <typename T>
   const T* data() const {
-    CheckDimsValidity();
+    CheckDimsValidity<T>();
     return reinterpret_cast<const T*>(
-        reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(holder_->Ptr()) + offset_);
+        reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(holder_->ptr()) + offset_);
   }
 
   template <typename T>
@@ -51,35 +50,40 @@ class Tensor {
                    "Tensor::numel_ must be larger than zero to call "
                    "Tensor::mutable_data.");
     if (holder_ == nullptr ||
-        !(holder_->Place() ==
+        !(holder_->place() ==
           place) /* some versions of boost::variant don't have operator!= */
-        || holder_->Size() < numel_ * sizeof(T) + offset_) {
+        || holder_->size() < numel_ * sizeof(T) + offset_) {
       holder_.reset(new PlaceholderImpl<T>(place, numel_ * sizeof(T)));
       offset_ = 0;
     }
-    return reinterpret_cast<T*>(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(holder_->Ptr()) +
+    return reinterpret_cast<T*>(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(holder_->ptr()) +
                                 offset_);
   }
 
+  template <typename T>
   void ShareDataFrom(const Tensor& src) {
-    src.CheckDimsValidity();
+    src.CheckDimsValidity<T>();
     holder_ = src.holder_;
-    dims_ = src.dims();
-    numel_ = src.numel_;
+    set_dims(src.dims());
     offset_ = src.offset_;
   }
 
+  template <typename T>
   void CopyFrom(const Tensor& src, paddle::platform::Place dst_place) {
-    src.CheckDimsValidity();
-    size_t size = src.numel_ * src.holder_->TypeSize();
-    holder_.reset(src.holder_->Clone(src.offset_, size, dst_place));
-    dims_ = src.dims();
-    numel_ = src.numel_;
-    offset_ = 0;
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(platform::is_cpu_place(src.holder_->place()) &&
+                       platform::is_cpu_place(dst_place),
+                   "Tensor::CopyFrom only support CPU now.");
+    src.CheckDimsValidity<T>();
+    size_t size = src.numel_ * sizeof(T);
+    set_dims(src.dims());
+    void* src_ptr = static_cast<void*>(src.data<T>());
+    void* dst_ptr = static_cast<void*>(mutable_data<T>(dst_place));
+    memcpy(dst_ptr, src_ptr, size);
   }
 
+  template <typename T>
   Tensor Slice(const int& begin_idx, const int& end_idx) const {
-    CheckDimsValidity();
+    CheckDimsValidity<T>();
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(begin_idx >= 0 && end_idx <= dims_[0],
                    "Slice index is less than zero or out of bound.");
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(begin_idx < end_idx,
@@ -95,7 +99,7 @@ class Tensor {
     DDim dst_dims = dims_;
     dst_dims[0] = end_idx - begin_idx;
     dst.set_dims(dst_dims);
-    dst.offset_ = offset_ + begin_idx * base * holder_->TypeSize();
+    dst.offset_ = offset_ + begin_idx * base * sizeof(T);
     return dst;
   }
 
@@ -115,12 +119,9 @@ class Tensor {
   // parameter of Variable.
   struct Placeholder {
     virtual ~Placeholder() {}
-    virtual void* Ptr() const = 0;
-    virtual paddle::platform::Place Place() const = 0;
-    virtual size_t Size() const = 0;
-    virtual size_t TypeSize() const = 0;
-    virtual Placeholder* Clone(size_t begin, size_t size,
-                               paddle::platform::Place place) const = 0;
+    virtual void* ptr() const = 0;
+    virtual paddle::platform::Place place() const = 0;
+    virtual size_t size() const = 0;
   };
 
   template <typename T>
@@ -144,32 +145,20 @@ class Tensor {
           place_(place),
           size_(size) {}
 
-    virtual void* Ptr() const { return static_cast<void*>(ptr_.get()); }
-    virtual size_t Size() const { return size_; }
-    virtual paddle::platform::Place Place() const { return place_; }
-    virtual size_t TypeSize() const { return sizeof(T); }
-    // TODO: Clone only support CPU now. GPU support is needed.
-    virtual Placeholder* Clone(size_t begin, size_t size,
-                               paddle::platform::Place place) const {
-      PADDLE_ENFORCE(paddle::platform::is_cpu_place(place_) &&
-                         paddle::platform::is_cpu_place(place),
-                     "PlaceholderImpl::Clone only support CPU now.");
-      PlaceholderImpl<T>* dst = new PlaceholderImpl<T>(place, size);
-      void* begin_ptr =
-          reinterpret_cast<void*>(reinterpret_cast<uintptr_t>(Ptr()) + begin);
-      memcpy(dst->Ptr(), begin_ptr, size);
-      return dst;
-    }
+    virtual void* ptr() const { return static_cast<void*>(ptr_.get()); }
+    virtual size_t size() const { return size_; }
+    virtual paddle::platform::Place place() const { return place_; }
 
     std::unique_ptr<T, Deleter> ptr_;
     paddle::platform::Place place_;  // record the place of ptr_.
     size_t size_;                    // size of the memory block.
   };
 
-  inline void CheckDimsValidity() {
+  template <typename T>
+  inline void CheckDimsValidity() const {
     PADDLE_ENFORCE(holder_ != nullptr,
                    "Tenosr holds no memory. Call Tensor::mutable_data first.");
-    PADDLE_ENFORCE(holder_->Size() > numel_ * sizeof(T) + offset_,
+    PADDLE_ENFORCE(holder_->size() > numel_ * sizeof(T) + offset_,
                    "Tensor's dims_ is out of bound. Call Tensor::mutable_data "
                    "first to re-allocate memory.");
   }
diff --git a/paddle/framework/tensor_test.cc b/paddle/framework/tensor_test.cc
index 6db0ba8c798ee6ea503e6305213822408807b1e8..eef9cfcd9e7e9fd16af75b073056386f1d7611d4 100644
--- a/paddle/framework/tensor_test.cc
+++ b/paddle/framework/tensor_test.cc
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
 TEST(Tensor, Dims) {
   using namespace paddle::framework;
   using namespace paddle::platform;
-  Tensor tt(make_ddim({2, 3, 4}));
+  Tensor tt;
+  tt.set_dims(make_ddim({2, 3, 4}));
   DDim dims = tt.dims();
   ASSERT_EQ(arity(dims), 3);
   for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i) {
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ TEST(Tensor, DataAssert) {
   } catch (paddle::framework::EnforceNotMet err) {
     caught = true;
     std::string msg =
-        "Tenosr has not been initialized. Call Tensor::mutable_data first.";
+        "Tenosr holds no memory. Call Tensor::mutable_data first.";
     const char* what = err.what();
     for (size_t i = 0; i < msg.length(); ++i) {
       ASSERT_EQ(what[i], msg[i]);