DeepSeek R1 — GB200 NVL72 vs H100 Performance per Dollar
Cost per million tokens of GB200 NVL72 (NVIDIA Blackwell) versus H100 (NVIDIA Hopper) on DeepSeek R1. Owning-hyperscaler TCO normalized by output 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.
Near the low end of the 13–128 tok/s/user interactivity band — at 41 tok/s/user — GB200 NVL72 runs $0.10 per million tokens on DeepSeek R1 while H100 runs $1.21. GB200 NVL72 is the cheaper choice by 1157%.
On DeepSeek R1 at 70 tok/s/user, the per-million math comes out to $0.12 for GB200 NVL72 and $4.20 for H100; GB200 NVL72 delivers 3493% more output per dollar.
At 99 tok/s/user on DeepSeek R1, GB200 NVL72 costs $0.22 per million tokens; H100 costs $13.9. GB200 NVL72 is 6332% more cost-efficient at this operating point. (Numbers reflect the default 1k/1k · fp8 selection for this URL — table and chart below update if you change sequence, precision, or model in the controls.)
Chip pricing (owning hyperscaler): GB200 NVL72 $1.86/chip/hr · H100 $1.17/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 | GB200 NVL72:$0.096H100:$1.206 | GB200 NVL72:$0.117H100:$4.201 | GB200 NVL72:$0.216H100:$13.922 |
| Concurrency | GB200 NVL72:~3266H100:~584 | GB200 NVL72:~1006H100:~57 | GB200 NVL72:~612H100:~8 |
Inference Performance
Agentic inference metrics from the AgentX scenario and fixed-sequence inference metrics across models, hardware configurations, and serving parameters.
Cost per Million Total Tokens (Owning - Hyperscaler) vs. Interactivity
DeepSeek R1 0528 671B • FP4 • 8K / 1K • Source: SemiAnalysis InferenceX™
TCO $/chip/hr: H100: 1.17H200: 1.22B200: 1.73B300: 2.26GB200: 1.86GB300: 2.31MI300X: 0.95MI325X: 1.1MI355X: 1.5RTX6000PRO: 0.68
Source: SemiAnalysis Market July 2026 Pricing Surveys & AI Cloud TCO Model
Note: Disaggregated inference configurations (e.g., MoRI SGLang, Dynamo TRTLLM) calculate cost per million tokens per decode chip or per prefill chip, rather than per total chip count. This makes direct token cost comparison with aggregated configs not an apples-to-apples comparison.
Note: Disaggregated inference configurations (e.g., MoRI SGLang, Dynamo TRTLLM) calculate input throughput per decode chip or per prefill chip, rather than per total chip count. This makes direct input throughput comparison with aggregated configs not an apples-to-apples comparison.
Note: Disaggregated inference configurations (e.g., MoRI SGLang, Dynamo TRTLLM) calculate output throughput per decode chip or per prefill chip, rather than per total chip count. This makes direct output throughput comparison with aggregated configs not an apples-to-apples comparison.
Note: Disaggregated inference configurations (e.g., MoRI SGLang, Dynamo TRTLLM) calculate power per decode chip or per prefill chip, rather than per total chip count. This makes direct power comparison with aggregated configs not an apples-to-apples comparison.
Note: Disaggregated inference configurations (e.g., MoRI SGLang, Dynamo TRTLLM) calculate Joules per decode chip or per prefill chip, rather than per total chip count. This makes direct Joules per token comparison with aggregated configs not an apples-to-apples comparison.
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