DeepSeek R1 — B200 vs Vera Rubin NVL72 Performance per Dollar
Cost per million tokens of B200 (NVIDIA Blackwell) versus Vera Rubin NVL72 (NVIDIA Vera Rubin) on DeepSeek R1. Large-hyperscaler-volume ownership TCO normalized by total tokens — performance per dollar across LLM workloads. Pick the more cost-efficient SKU at every target interactivity level. Use the chart controls below to switch sequences, precisions, and metrics — same interactions as the main inference chart.
At 114 tok/s/user on DeepSeek R1, B200 and Vera Rubin NVL72 register $0.12 and $0.00 per million tokens — one side has missing pricing or throughput, so a like-for-like ratio isn't meaningful here.
B200 ($0.25) and Vera Rubin NVL72 ($0.00) per million tokens at 176 tok/s/user on DeepSeek R1: at least one input is zero, so the gap can't be expressed as a ratio.
At 239 tok/s/user on DeepSeek R1, B200 and Vera Rubin NVL72 register $0.38 and $0.00 per million tokens — one side has missing pricing or throughput, so a like-for-like ratio isn't meaningful here. (Numbers reflect the default 8k/1k · fp4 selection for this URL — table and chart below update if you change sequence, precision, or model in the controls.)
Chip pricing (owning hyperscaler): B200 $1.73/chip/hr · Vera Rubin NVL72 $3.61/chip/hr. Source: SemiAnalysis Market July 2026 Pricing Surveys & AI Cloud TCO Model.
| Metric | Interactivity (tok/s/user) | Interactivity (tok/s/user) | Interactivity (tok/s/user) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar per Million Tokens | B200:$0.116Vera Rubin NVL72:$0.000 | B200:$0.251Vera Rubin NVL72:$0.000 | B200:$0.385Vera Rubin NVL72:$0.000 |
| Concurrency | B200:~52Vera Rubin NVL72:~400 | B200:~28Vera Rubin NVL72:~400 | B200:~19Vera Rubin NVL72:~400 |