Local SOTA AI requires $400k-$650k in H100s
kimmonismus · x · 2026-08-28
A comment highlights that running SOTA models locally at FP8 precision requires approximately 10-12 H100 GPUs, costing between $400,000 and $650,000. This illustrates the high hardware barrier for deploying top-tier open-source models locally.
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