GLM 5/5.1 — GB200 NVL72 vs MI355X Performance per Dollar
Cost per million tokens of GB200 NVL72 (NVIDIA Blackwell) versus MI355X (AMD CDNA 4) 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.
GB200 NVL72: $0.06 per million tokens. MI355X: $0.34. Both at 36 tok/s/user on GLM 5/5.1, with GB200 NVL72 474% cheaper.
Around the middle of the 30–56 tok/s/user interactivity band — at 43 tok/s/user — GB200 NVL72 runs $0.06 per million tokens on GLM 5/5.1 while MI355X runs $0.43. GB200 NVL72 is the cheaper choice by 627%.
On GLM 5/5.1 at 50 tok/s/user, the per-million math comes out to $0.06 for GB200 NVL72 and $0.63 for MI355X; GB200 NVL72 delivers 920% 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): GB200 NVL72 $2.21/GPU/hr · MI355X $1.48/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:$0.059MI355X:$0.338 | GB200 NVL72:$0.060MI355X:$0.434 | GB200 NVL72:$0.061MI355X:$0.627 |
| Concurrency | GB200 NVL72:~2253MI355X:~8 | GB200 NVL72:~1843MI355X:~8 | GB200 NVL72:~1340MI355X:~7 |
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