Huge Disparities in Frontier Model Token Costs
crystalsssup · x · 2026-07-17
Sharing Chamath's viewpoint: for 1 million frontier model tokens, the cost can range from $0.50 to $56, representing a massive disparity.
The core point of this post is to emphasize that choices regarding models, supply chains, and inference routing directly dictate token costs, making the "computing bill" in the AI era highly sensitive.
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