DeepSeek R1 — GB200 NVL72 vs Vera Rubin NVL72 Performance per Dollar
Cost per million tokens of GB200 NVL72 (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, GB200 NVL72 and Vera Rubin NVL72 register $0.05 and $0.00 per million tokens — one side has missing pricing or throughput, so a like-for-like ratio isn't meaningful here.
GB200 NVL72 ($0.18) 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 238 tok/s/user on DeepSeek R1, GB200 NVL72 and Vera Rubin NVL72 register $0.58 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): GB200 NVL72 $1.86/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 | GB200 NVL72:$0.052Vera Rubin NVL72:$0.000 | GB200 NVL72:$0.178Vera Rubin NVL72:$0.000 | GB200 NVL72:$0.576Vera Rubin NVL72:$0.000 |
| Concurrency | GB200 NVL72:~772Vera Rubin NVL72:~400 | GB200 NVL72:~103Vera Rubin NVL72:~400 | GB200 NVL72:~16Vera Rubin NVL72:~400 |