Neon cost math questioned: $2.5/H200-hour internal pricing vs Kimi K2.5 API
eliebakouch · x · 2026-09-16
Elie Bakouch scrutinizes Neon's cost calculation — based on system throughput per H200-hour at $2.5/hour. He suggests comparing against Kimi K2.5 API pricing, notes internal cost comparisons are fair since that's the real spend, and flags that xhigh inference costs more than Astra's xhigh.
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