The Cost of Running Kimi-K3 Locally
ZeroStateReflex · x · 2026-07-19
A repost suggests that running Kimi-K3 locally might require purchasing 10 GB300 GPUs, totaling around $1 million, with monthly electricity costs of about $10,000. The post focuses less on model capabilities and more on the immense compute thresholds and financial pressures of deploying a model of this scale locally.
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