Compute per MW comparison: Nvidia still best price/perf despite prices
Storge2 · reddit · 2026-10-01
The author made a YouTube video comparing compute per 6.5MW (roughly one Vera Rubin Pod) across supercomputers like Vera Rubin and TPUv7. Surprisingly, Nvidia turns out to offer the best price/performance hardware despite its steep prices.
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