A semi-serious Kimi K3 parts list puts the hardware bill at about £45,424
SpiritRealistic8174 · reddit · 2026-07-28
A semi-serious bill of materials pegs Kimi K3 at about £45,424 in hardware
A Reddit post lays out a tongue-in-cheek bill of materials for running Kimi K3: 4 servers, 24 Atlas 300I Duo 96GB accelerators, 4 Threadripper Pro CPUs, RDMA networking, racks, PSUs, UPS units, and cooling. The listed total comes to about £45,424.
The author argues the real blocker is not just raw hardware cost, but the need for someone to design, install, integrate, and support the whole stack under tight SLAs. In other words, even if the parts can be bought, turning that into a reliable product is a different business problem entirely.
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