Qwen 3.5 397B-A17B — GB200 NVL72 vs GB300 NVL72 Performance per Dollar
Cost per million tokens of GB200 NVL72 (NVIDIA Blackwell) versus GB300 NVL72 (NVIDIA Blackwell) on Qwen 3.5 397B-A17B. 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 edges GB300 NVL72 at 121 tok/s/user on Qwen 3.5 397B-A17B — $0.10 per million tokens versus $0.10, a 7% cost-per-token gap.
Push Qwen 3.5 397B-A17B to 203 tok/s/user and GB200 NVL72 lands at $0.28 per million tokens against GB300 NVL72's $0.31 — GB200 NVL72 pulls ahead by 11%.
GB200 NVL72: $0.60 per million tokens. GB300 NVL72: $0.75. Both at 284 tok/s/user on Qwen 3.5 397B-A17B, with GB200 NVL72 26% cheaper. (Numbers reflect the default 8k/1k · fp8 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 · GB300 NVL72 $2.31/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:$0.095GB300 NVL72:$0.102 | GB200 NVL72:$0.281GB300 NVL72:$0.312 | GB200 NVL72:$0.596GB300 NVL72:$0.749 |
| Concurrency | GB200 NVL72:~191GB300 NVL72:~241 | GB200 NVL72:~17GB300 NVL72:~23 | GB200 NVL72:~4GB300 NVL72:~4 |
Inference Performance
Inference performance metrics across different models, hardware configurations, and serving parameters.