GLM 5/5.1 — B300 vs GB200 NVL72 Performance per Dollar
Cost per million tokens of B300 (NVIDIA Blackwell) versus GB200 NVL72 (NVIDIA Blackwell) on GLM 5/5.1. 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.
B300: $0.22 per million tokens. GB200 NVL72: $0.35. Both at 51 tok/s/user on GLM 5/5.1, with B300 56% cheaper.
Around the middle of the 40–84 tok/s/user interactivity band — at 62 tok/s/user — B300 runs $0.26 per million tokens on GLM 5/5.1 while GB200 NVL72 runs $0.47. B300 is the cheaper choice by 80%.
On GLM 5/5.1 at 73 tok/s/user, the per-million math comes out to $0.31 for B300 and $1.09 for GB200 NVL72; B300 delivers 254% more output per dollar. (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.)
GPU pricing (owning hyperscaler): B300 $2.34/GPU/hr · GB200 NVL72 $2.21/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 | B300:$0.222GB200 NVL72:$0.345 | B300:$0.264GB200 NVL72:$0.474 | B300:$0.307GB200 NVL72:$1.089 |
| Concurrency | B300:~26GB200 NVL72:~145 | B300:~19GB200 NVL72:~130 | B300:~13GB200 NVL72:~109 |
Inference Performance
Inference performance metrics across different models, hardware configurations, and serving parameters.