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agieocean on Feb 1, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: How to Run DeepSeek R1 671B Locally on a $2000 EPY...

Isn't that just because they can get massive discounts on hardware buying in bulk (for lack of a proper term) + absorb losses?

raducu on Feb 1, 2025 [–]

All that, but also because they have those GPUs with crazy amounts of RAM and crazy bandwidth? So the TPS is that much higher, but in terms of power, I guess those boards run in the same ballpark of power used by consumer GPUs?

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