Burning $130K/Day? Unpacking DeepSeek API Token Volumes
teortaxesTex · x · 2026-08-05
Responding to claims that OpenCode users spend $130K daily on DeepSeek, developer teortaxesTex provided a technical breakdown using his own first-party session data:
- Cost Reverse Calculation: At $5 per million tokens, $130K translates to roughly 26 Trillion tokens consumed per day.
- Cache Hit Rate is Key: DeepSeek's ability to handle such massive volume relies heavily on an exceptionally high cache hit rate of over 99%.
- Data Discrepancy: OpenCode officially reported around 6 Trillion tokens, showing a significant gap from the estimated 26T, suggesting the original claim might be inflated or use different measurement criteria.
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