Every host for GPT-5
| Host | Blended | Input | Output | Cached | Precision | Uptime |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azure | $3.44 | $1.25 | $10.00 | $0.125 | — | 100.0% |
| Gmi | $3.44 | $1.25 | $10.00 | — | — | — |
| OpenAI | $3.44 | $1.25 | $10.00 | $0.125 | — | 100.0% |
| Perplexity | $3.44 | $1.25 | $10.00 | $0.125 | — | — |
| Replicate | $3.44 | $1.25 | $10.00 | — | — | — |
Cheapest price over time
- Input
- Output
What your workload costs
- Azure$1,375
- Gmi$1,375
- OpenAI$1,375
- Perplexity$1,375
- Replicate$1,375
Rent GPUs or pay per token?
- Renting the GPUs
- $16,878/mo
- Break-even volume
- 4.9B tokens/mo
- Needed around the clock
- 1.9K tok/s
8 × H100 cost $16,878 a month. The cheapest API (Azure) charges $3.44 per 1M blended tokens, so the GPUs only pay off above 4.9B tokens a month: the box must serve 1.9K tokens a second, every second.
GPU price: cheapest on-demand offer per GPU-hour × 730 hours. No throughput is assumed: it depends on the model size, precision, batch size and serving software, so measure yours. Power, storage, egress and engineering time are not included.
LMArena rating over time
Rated about the same, by price
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