DeepSeek's Inference Density: $38 Revenue per GPU-Hour
Data suggests DeepSeek achieves about $38 in revenue per GPU-hour in production using speculative decoding and 96% KV-cache hit rates, far above traditional IaaS pricing of $3.50, sparking discussion on inference economics.
2026-10-21 ~ 2026-10-21 · 3 related posts
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- Episode 3: DeepSeek's Inference Density: $38 Revenue per GPU-Hour(2026-10-21, 3 posts)
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- DeepSeek's token density yields ~$38/GPU-hr revenue vs $3.50 for raw IaaS, engineer estimates — bookwormengr · 2026-10-21