One RL Run Cost 130 Hours, 75B Tokens and $2.6M — the Real Price of Scaling RL
burny_tech · x · 2026-09-23
zephyrz9 shared a striking RL training result: the team spent 130 hours of compute, 75B tokens, and roughly $2.6M on reinforcement learning to reach the reported result. The post underscores how expensive scaling RL has become — millions of dollars for a single training run.
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