Kimi K3 2.8T — 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 Kimi K3 2.8T. 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.
AgentX replays real coding-agent sessions rather than fixed-length prompts, so context grows turn over turn and most of each request is served from cache instead of being recomputed. That turns the comparison into a systems question: KV transfer between nodes, prefix-aware routing, and cache capacity all move the curve alongside raw chip throughput. Fixed-sequence workloads stay the clean baseline for kernel and silicon performance, so the two scenarios answer different questions about the same hardware. Learn more about AgentX →
GB200 NVL72: $0.17 per million tokens. Vera Rubin NVL72: $0.03. Both at 131 tok/s/user on Kimi K3 2.8T, with Vera Rubin NVL72 543% cheaper.
Around the middle of the 103–218 tok/s/user interactivity band — at 161 tok/s/user — GB200 NVL72 runs $0.20 per million tokens on Kimi K3 2.8T while Vera Rubin NVL72 runs $0.03. Vera Rubin NVL72 is the cheaper choice by 581%.
On Kimi K3 2.8T at 190 tok/s/user, the per-million math comes out to $0.37 for GB200 NVL72 and $0.03 for Vera Rubin NVL72; Vera Rubin NVL72 delivers 950% more total tokens per dollar. (Numbers reflect the default agentic-traces · 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:$0.165Vera Rubin NVL72:$0.026 | GB200 NVL72:$0.204Vera Rubin NVL72:$0.030 | GB200 NVL72:$0.365Vera Rubin NVL72:$0.035 |
| Concurrency | GB200 NVL72:~12Vera Rubin NVL72:~215 | GB200 NVL72:~10Vera Rubin NVL72:~174 | GB200 NVL72:~2Vera Rubin NVL72:~133 |
Inference Performance
Agentic inference metrics from the AgentX scenario and fixed-sequence inference metrics across models, hardware configurations, and serving parameters.
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