DeepSeek R1 — GB200 NVL72 vs MI325X Performance per Dollar
Cost per million tokens of GB200 NVL72 (NVIDIA Blackwell) versus MI325X (AMD CDNA 3) 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.
Only GB200 NVL72 has cost data at 85 tok/s/user on DeepSeek R1 — $0.08 per million tokens. MI325X is unmeasured at this target.
GB200 NVL72 costs $0.45 per million tokens at 152 tok/s/user on DeepSeek R1; we have no MI325X benchmark data at this exact target.
At 219 tok/s/user on DeepSeek R1, GB200 NVL72 comes in at $2.11 per million tokens. MI325X hasn't been benchmarked at this operating point. (Numbers reflect the default 1k/1k · fp4 selection for this URL — table and chart below update if you change sequence, precision, or model in the controls.)
GPU pricing (owning hyperscaler): GB200 NVL72 $2.21/GPU/hr · MI325X $1.28/GPU/hr. Source: SemiAnalysis Market August 2025 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:$0.079MI325X:— | GB200 NVL72:$0.447MI325X:— | GB200 NVL72:$2.110MI325X:— |
| Concurrency | GB200 NVL72:~2246MI325X:— | GB200 NVL72:~226MI325X:— | GB200 NVL72:~27MI325X:— |
Inference Performance
Inference performance metrics across different models, hardware configurations, and serving parameters.